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Author:

Dreier, Peter, 1948- author.

Title:

Baseball rebels : the players, people, and social movements that shook up the game and changed America / Peter Dreier and Robert Elias ; foreword by Dave Zirin.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xiv, 370 pages, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Baseball--Political aspects--United States.
Baseball--Social aspects--United States.
Discrimination in sports--United States.
Racism in sports--United States.
Social change--United States--History--20th century.
Social justice--United States--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Elias, Robert, 1950- author.
Zirin, Dave, author of foreword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / by Dave Zirin -- Introduction -- Part 1. Resisting Racism. Battling Jim Crow. Building Black institutions -- Before Jackie Robinson -- Crossing the color line -- Defending civil rights -- Part 2. Resisting Sexism and Homophobia. Women in baseball -- Gay men in baseball -- Part 3. Today's Activists and an Agenda for Change. Modern-day rebels -- Baseball justice: An unfinished agenda.

Summary:

"Baseball Rebels tells stories of reformers and radicals who were influenced by, and in turn influenced, America's broader political and social protest movements, including battles against racism, corporate control, worker exploitation, sexism and homophobia, and American militarism." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1496217772
9781496217776

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1261879190

LCCN:

2021038179

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)