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Author:

Brunson, James E. (James Edward), 1954-

Title:

The early image of black baseball : race and representation in the popular press, 1871-1890 / James E. Brunson III.

Publisher:

McFarland & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

vii, 223 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Baseball--United States--History--19th century.
Negro leagues--History--19th century.
African American baseball players--Public opinion.
African Americans in mass media--History--19th century.
Athletes in mass media.
Public opinion--United States.
United States--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Dust from many diamonds : trauma, memory, and the colored championship -- "Fifteenth-amendment club-slingers" : colored base ball and the St. Louis Sporting Fraternity, 1875-1877 -- Dudes, macks, land ladies, waiters, tonsorialists, and aesthetes : the Colored Sporting Fraternity -- Men of mark and marked men : black baseball representation -- "A mirthful spectacle": representing negro comedy or black aesthetic style -- Genuine colored artists : black legs, black stockings, and colored baseball, 1877-1888 -- Coda: A glance over the diamond fields of the continent.

Summary:

"Examines early black baseball as represented in artwork and accounts of the popular press. From contemporary postbellum articles, illustrations, photographs and woodcuts, image of the black athlete emerges, not always positive but nonetheless central in understanding the evolving black image in American culture. Covers championship games, specific teams and athletes, fans and culture surrounding black baseball"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786442069 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786442065 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261267992

LCCN:

2009019060

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)