Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary

Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary

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An account of the birth of black baseball and its dramatic passage from grass-roots venture to commercial enterprise. It assesses the impact of urbanization and migration, and applauds those innovators who forged black baseball into a parallel club that also appealed to whites. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780815607861 Publisher: Syracuse University Press Publication Date: 04-01-2003 Pages: 272 Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d) Series: Sports and EntertainmentAbout the Author Michael E. Lomax is associate professor of sport history in the Department of Health and Human Physiology at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues.

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