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Live All You Can
- Alexander Joy Cartwright and the Invention of Modern Baseball
Engelsk Hardback
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Live All You Can
- Alexander Joy Cartwright and the Invention of Modern Baseball
Engelsk Hardback

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Laying waste to the notion that Abner Doubleday established the modern game of baseball, acclaimed biographer Jay Martin makes a bold case for A. J. Cartwright (1820-1892), an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and avid ballplayer whose keen perception and restless spirit codified the rules of the sport and engineered its rapid spread throughout the country. Consulting Cartwright's personal correspondence and papers, Martin shows how this American archetype synthesized a number of elements from popular ballgames into the program, bylaws, and positions we find on the field today. After formalizing his blueprint, Cartwright worked tirelessly to promote baseball nationwide, appealing to both upper- and lower-class spectators and ballplayers and weaving a trail of influence across nineteenth-century America. Addressing the controversy that has roiled for years around the claims for Doubleday and Cartwright, Martin revisits the original arguments behind each camp and throws into sharp relief the competing ambitions of these figures during a time of aggressive westward expansion and unparalleled opportunities for individual reinvention. Martin's story of modern baseball not only offers a fascinating window into a thoroughly American phenomenon but also accesses a rare history of American ideals.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
168
ISBN-13:
9780231147941
Indbinding:
Hardback
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ISBN-10:
0231147945
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Udg. Dato:
9 jul 2009
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
157mm
Højde:
231mm
Forlag:
Columbia University Press
Oplagsdato:
9 jul 2009
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