Book of Donmon Teith

Offers a history of African American exclusion from baseball, and assesses the changing racial attitudes that led up to Jackie Robinson's acceptance by the Broo

"Baseball's Great Experiment" tells the story of one of the most explosive and far-reaching episodes in American sports history--Jackie Robinson's breaking of b

A collection of previously published essays exploring various aspects of baseball history includes an introduction to baseball historiography and a discussion o

Discusses baseball's history and the game's relationship to American society from the 1850s until the present day.

Baseball is much more than the national pastime. It has become an emblem of America itself. From its initial popularity in the mid-nineteenth century, the game