One Nation Under Baseball

One Nation Under Baseball How the 1960S Collided With the National Pastime

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Publisher's Synopsis

One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and America's pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmarks of the sport-fairness, competition, and mythology-came under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events of the era that reshaped the game: the Koufax and Drysdale million-dollar holdout, the encroachment of television on newspaper coverage, the changing perception of ballplayers from mythic figures to overgrown boys, the arrival of the everyman Mets and their free-spirited fans, and the lawsuit brought against team owners by Curt Flood.

One Nation Under Baseball brings to life the seminal figures of the era-including Bob Gibson, Marvin Miller, Tom Seaver, and Dick Young-richly portraying their roles during a decade of flux and uncertainty.
              
 
 

Book information

ISBN: 9780803286900
Publisher: Nebraska
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 796.35709730904
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 531g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 26mm