Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2017-2018 written by William M. Simons and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research. This collection of 15 new essays selected from the 2017 and the 2018 symposia examines topics whose importance extend beyond the ballpark. Presented in six parts, the essays explore baseball's cultural and social history and analyze the tools that encourage a more sophisticated understanding of baseball as a game and enterprise.