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Minor league baseball [electronic resource] : community building through hometown sports / Rebecca S. Kraus.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary sports issuesPublication details: New York : Haworth Press, c2003.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 206 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781136404764 (electronic bk.)
  • 1136404767 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Minor league baseball.DDC classification:
  • 796.357/64/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • GV863.A1 K72 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Baseball coast to coast -- The lure of minor league baseball -- The evolution of minor league baseball -- A tale of two minor league cities -- The impact of minor league baseball -- Epilogue: a shelter in the storm -- Appendix A: Minor league attendance and number of teams, by year and era, 1947t0 1990 -- Appendix B: development of the data set.
Review: "Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports examines the role played by minor league baseball in hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. Written from the unique perspective of a sociologist who also happens to be an avid baseball fan, the book looks at the contributions minor league teams make to the quality of life in their communities, creating focal points for spirit and cohesiveness while providing opportunities for interaction and entertainment. The book links theory and experience to present a "sociology of baseball" that explains the symbiotic relationship which brings people together for a common purpose - to root, root, root for the home team."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-185) and index.

"Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports examines the role played by minor league baseball in hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. Written from the unique perspective of a sociologist who also happens to be an avid baseball fan, the book looks at the contributions minor league teams make to the quality of life in their communities, creating focal points for spirit and cohesiveness while providing opportunities for interaction and entertainment. The book links theory and experience to present a "sociology of baseball" that explains the symbiotic relationship which brings people together for a common purpose - to root, root, root for the home team."--BOOK JACKET.

Introduction -- Baseball coast to coast -- The lure of minor league baseball -- The evolution of minor league baseball -- A tale of two minor league cities -- The impact of minor league baseball -- Epilogue: a shelter in the storm -- Appendix A: Minor league attendance and number of teams, by year and era, 1947t0 1990 -- Appendix B: development of the data set.

Description based on print version record.

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