{"product_id":"negro-league-baseball-the-rise-and-ruin-of-a-black-institution-paperback-softback-9780812220278","title":"Negro League Baseball; The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812220278","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNegro League Baseball\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNeil Lanctot (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812220278\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 April 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e512 pages, 31 illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 3 cm, 0.79 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Prodigiously researched and thoroughly unsentimental, Neil Lanctot's history of organized black baseball from 1933 through the early 1960s provides an enormously important historical corrective to feel-good versions of baseball integration.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Lanctot takes us beyond the ball field where the Paiges and Gibsons played in forced segregation, and into the commercial and social realities of baseball in black communities. . . . Lanctot offers a rich array of facts that history lovers can feast on.\"-\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fact-filled and thought-provoking book that should be of interest and use to scholars and lay readers interested in sports history, business history, and African American history.\"-\u003ci\u003eEnterprise and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A meticulously researched history that explores the economics, strengths, shortcomings, and legacy of the Negro Leagues.\"-\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Without nostalgia, Lanctot offers a careful and balanced judgment on the Negro leagues, one that is likely to stand for some time.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Neil Lanctot has accomplished something I long thought impossible. He has produced an overview of the institution of black baseball as a business. . . . I doubt that there is a better researched and more exhaustive history of the Negro Leagues out there.\"-Rob Ruck, author of \u003ci\u003eSandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a superb historical analysis of the Negro Leagues. . . . Lanctot provides, in my opinion, the most detailed and sophisticated examination of black baseball ever written.\"-David K. Wiggins, author of \u003ci\u003eGlory Bound: Black Athletes in White America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the subsequent struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the later movement toward integration. Baseball functioned as a critical component in the separate economy catering to black consumers in the urban centers of the North and South. While most black businesses struggled to survive from year to year, professional baseball teams and leagues operated for decades, representing a major achievement in black enterprise and institution building.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNegro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution\u003c\/i\u003e presents the extraordinary history of a great African American achievement, from its lowest ebb during the Depression, through its golden age and World War II, until its gradual disappearance during the early years of the civil rights era. Faced with only a limited amount of correspondence and documents, Lanctot consulted virtually every sports page of every black newspaper located in a league city. He then conducted interviews with former players and scrutinized existing financial, court, and federal records. Through his efforts, Lanctot has painstakingly reconstructed the institutional history of black professional baseball, locating the players, teams, owners, and fans in the wider context of the league's administration. In addition, he provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I. SEPARATE BUT EQUAL?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. A Fragile Industry and a Struggling Community. \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. External Threats and Internal Dissension\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Growing Pains\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. A New Beginning\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. An Industry Transformed\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Life Inside a Changing Industry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II. INTEGRATION\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. On the Outside Looking In\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Breakthrough and Setback\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Integration and the Changing Postwar World\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. \"The Golden Era Has Passed\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. The End of a Business\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52715075076376,"sku":"9780812220278","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/negro-league-baseball-the-rise-and-ruin-of-a-black-institution-paperback-softback-9780812220278","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}