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Author:
Zeiler, Thomas W.
Title:
Ambassadors in pinstripes : the Spalding world baseball tour and the birth of the American empire / Thomas W. Zeiler.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
xiv, 217 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Spalding, A. G.--(Albert Goodwill)
Baseball--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Foreign economic relations
Civilization, Modern--American influences
Globalization--History--19th century.
Globalization--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-209) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: baseball, globalization, and empire -- Marketing: Albert Spalding's Chicago -- Movement: the American West -- An empire of race: southern seas -- Old and new world cultures: Europe -- National identity: return to America -- Conclusion: imperial imagination.
ISBN:
9780742551695
0742551695 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780742551688
0742551687 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)67405563
LCCN:
2006012901
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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