Whose Baseball?: The National Pastime and Cultural Diversity in California, 1850-1941

by Joel S. Franks and Joel S. Franks San Jose State University

Whose Baseball? expands the boundaries of baseball history by including the experiences of culturally diverse Californians. In doing so, it relates the history of baseball in California to social changes taking place in the Golden State from the Gold Rush to the eve of World War II. This volume demonstrates how baseball has helped to bridge substantial differences between social and cultural groups and at the same time reminds readers of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081083927X
• ISBN13: 9780810839274
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.5"