This is an anthology of 14 papers that were presented at the Ninth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held in June 1997 and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. To mark the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier in major league baseball the 1997 Symposium was dedicated to Robinson. These papers focus on Robinson, baseball, and race relations and are divided into three parts: "Before Robinson," "Robinson and Social Change" and "The Legacy of Robinson." The preface is by…mehr
This is an anthology of 14 papers that were presented at the Ninth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held in June 1997 and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. To mark the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier in major league baseball the 1997 Symposium was dedicated to Robinson. These papers focus on Robinson, baseball, and race relations and are divided into three parts: "Before Robinson," "Robinson and Social Change" and "The Legacy of Robinson." The preface is by series editor Alvin L. Hall, and an introduction is provided by the editor of the volume, Peter M. Rutkoff.
Editor Peter M. Rutkoff directs the American Studies program and was the National Endowment for the Humanities distinguished teaching professor of history and American studies, 1997-2000, at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface (Alvin Hall) Introduction-Jackie Robinson: Baseball, Brooklyn, and Beyond (Peter Rutkoff) Part 1: Before Robinson William Clarence Matthews: "The Jackie Robinson of His Day" (Karl Lindholm) A Story in Black and White: Baseball and Racism in 1938 (Chris Lamb) Something to Cheer About: The Negro Leagues at the Dawn of Integration (James E. Overmyer) Jackie Robinson and the American Zeitgeist (William Simons ) Part 2: Robinson and Social Change Working in the Shadows of Rickey and Robinson: Bill Veeck, Larry Doby and the Advancement of Black Players in Baseball (Peggy Beck) Robinson's Legacy: Black Women and Negro Baseball (Gai Ingham Berlage) Ten Years After: The Baseball Establishment, Race, and Jackie Robinson (Ron Briley) Nine Principles of Successful Affirmative Action: Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and the Integration of Baseball Anthony R. Pratkanis and (Marlene E. Turner) Baseball, Cricket, and Social Change: Jackie Robinson and Frank Worrell (Michael Malec and Hillary Beckles) Part 3: The Legacy of Robinson The Black Knight: A Political Portrait of Jackie Robinson (Steven Wisensale) Jackie Robinson as Media's Mythological Black Hero (Doug Battema) The Influence of Jackie Robinson on the Serious Baseball Novel (Richard F. Peterson) Jackie Robinson and the National Baseball Hall of Fame (David W. Findlay and Clifford E. Reid ) The Great Experiment Fifty Years Later (Jules Tygiel) Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface (Alvin Hall) Introduction-Jackie Robinson: Baseball, Brooklyn, and Beyond (Peter Rutkoff) Part 1: Before Robinson William Clarence Matthews: "The Jackie Robinson of His Day" (Karl Lindholm) A Story in Black and White: Baseball and Racism in 1938 (Chris Lamb) Something to Cheer About: The Negro Leagues at the Dawn of Integration (James E. Overmyer) Jackie Robinson and the American Zeitgeist (William Simons ) Part 2: Robinson and Social Change Working in the Shadows of Rickey and Robinson: Bill Veeck, Larry Doby and the Advancement of Black Players in Baseball (Peggy Beck) Robinson's Legacy: Black Women and Negro Baseball (Gai Ingham Berlage) Ten Years After: The Baseball Establishment, Race, and Jackie Robinson (Ron Briley) Nine Principles of Successful Affirmative Action: Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and the Integration of Baseball Anthony R. Pratkanis and (Marlene E. Turner) Baseball, Cricket, and Social Change: Jackie Robinson and Frank Worrell (Michael Malec and Hillary Beckles) Part 3: The Legacy of Robinson The Black Knight: A Political Portrait of Jackie Robinson (Steven Wisensale) Jackie Robinson as Media's Mythological Black Hero (Doug Battema) The Influence of Jackie Robinson on the Serious Baseball Novel (Richard F. Peterson) Jackie Robinson and the National Baseball Hall of Fame (David W. Findlay and Clifford E. Reid ) The Great Experiment Fifty Years Later (Jules Tygiel) Index
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