Baseball and cricket : the creation of American team sports, 1838-72 / George B. Kirsch

Author:: Kirsch, George B.
Uniform Title:: Creation of American team sports
Published:: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2007.
Physical Description:: xiv, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Series:

Sport and society

Contents:

The rise of modern ball games -- Early American cricket -- The emergence of baseball -- Civil War interlude -- A national game -- Players -- Clubs -- Spectators -- Baseball's boom and cricket's survival -- Baseball in transition.

Subject(s):

Baseball—United States—History—19th century
Cricket—United States—History—19th century
Sports—United States—History—19th century

ISBN:

9780252074455 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252074459 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Collection:

Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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