Name: Baseball and the American Dream:Race, Class, Gender, and the National Pastime
ISBN: 9781315656472

Book

ABSTRACT

A fascinating look at how America's favorite sport has both reflected and shaped social, economic, and

part |33 pages

Introduction

chapter |31 pages

A Fit for a Fractured Society

Baseball and the American Promise

part I|113 pages

Dreams of Diversity: Race, Ethnicity, and Baseball

chapter 1|6 pages

The Greatest Season

From Jackie Robinson to Sammy Sosa

chapter 2|21 pages

Jackie Robinson's Legacy

Baseball, Race, and Politics

chapter 3|7 pages

The Beauty of the Game

chapter 4|5 pages

Sammy Sosa Meets Horatio Alger

Latin Ballplayers and the American Success Myth

chapter 5|14 pages

From Hardball to Hard Time and Back

chapter 6|12 pages

Borders and Shangri-La

Orlando (El Duque) Hernandez and Me

chapter 7|21 pages

California Baseball's Mixed Multitudes

chapter 8|12 pages

The Road to Cooperstown

Japanese American Baseball, 1899–1999

chapter 9|6 pages

From San Francisco Sandlots to the Big Leagues

Babe Pinelli

chapter 10|7 pages

The Common Dream Examined

part II|75 pages

Material Dreams: Class, Economics, and Baseball

chapter 11|7 pages

Left Capitola for a Fate Unknown

Harry Hooper

chapter 12|12 pages

Past [Im]Perfect

Mythology, Nostalgia, and Baseball

chapter 13|17 pages

The Shot Heard 'Round the World

America at Midcentury

chapter 14|6 pages

Beyond the Dugout

Reassessing the Baseball Dream

chapter 15|7 pages

America's Two Realms

chapter 16|7 pages

The Ring

chapter 17|7 pages

Luring Teams, Building Ballparks

chapter 18|10 pages

A New Golden Age?

An Evolving Baseball Dream

part III|40 pages

Gendered Dreams: Women and Baseball

chapter 19|8 pages

To Elevate the Game

Women and Early Baseball

chapter 20|13 pages

Women, Baseball, and the American Dream

chapter 21|7 pages

A League of Our Own

chapter 22|7 pages

Dream or Nightmare?

Baseball and the Gender Order

Baseball and the American Dream