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Extra bases : reflections on Jackie Robinson, race, and baseball history

Author: Jules Tygiel
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : State or province government publication : English
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Named Person: Jackie Robinson
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jules Tygiel
ISBN: 0803294476 9780803294479
OCLC Number: 50583734
Description: xii, 164 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Reflections on Jackie Robinson -- Introduction to The Jackie Robinson reader -- The court-martial of Jackie Robinson -- Jackie Robinson's signing: the untold story -- Afterword to Baseball's great experiment -- pt. 2. Reflections on race and baseball -- Black ball: the Jim Crow years -- Unreconciled strivings: baseball in Jim Crow America -- Introduction to It's good to be alive -- Black ball: the integrated game -- pt. 3. Reflections on baseball history -- Playing by the book: Baseball history in the 1980s -- Sports from a sofa -- Ken Burns meets Jackie Robinson -- The polo grounds -- Salaries are escalating, but they don't guarantee winning.
Other Titles: Reflections on Jackie Robinson, race, and baseball history
Responsibility: Jules Tygiel.
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