Specifications
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| ISBN 13 | 9780195042207 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195042204 |
| Book Subtitle | The Promise Of American Sport |
| Book Description | A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later the Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed to making sport a significant part of American life. This biography captures the zest, flamboyance, and creativity of Albert Goodwell Spalding, a man of insatiable ego, a showman and entrepreneur, whose life illuminated the hopes and fears of 19th-century Americans. It is a vivid evocation of the vanished world of 19th-century baseball, recreating a time when it was transformed from a game played on unkempt fields to modern style. |
| Editorial Review | "As a study of Spalding's role in the emergence of professional sports, Levine's book is a valuable addition to a fast-growing area of scholarship."--American Historical Review "A.G. Spalding joins an impressive body of historical writing...which focuses on baseball in pre-World War I America."--Journal of American Culture "Levine's scholarly biography of Albert Goodwill Spalding fills a large gap in baseball historiography....Well-written and thoughtful....It will long endure as the standard work on Spalding."--Journal of American History "Levine...has aptly given Spalding the central place he deserves in the history of American culture....A.G. Spalding would have liked this book."--Illinois Historical Journal "A.G. Spalding would have liked this book."--Illinois Historical Journal |
| Language | English |
| Author | Peter Levine |
| Publication Date | 19 September 1986 |
| Number of Pages | 198 |
A. G. Spalding And The Rise Of Baseball: The Promise Of American Sport paperback english - 19 September 1986
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