National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball

By AshleyNicole, Martin C. Babicz, Thomas W. Zeiler, et al.

Book Overview

Through war, depression, times of tumultuous upheaval and of great prosperity - baseball has reflected America's history and ideals. In this book, historians Martin Babicz and Thomas Zeiler find in baseball a window into America's past and into the values that allow both the sport and nation to endure: hope, tradition, escape, and revolution.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442235845
• ISBN13: 9781442235847
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"