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"Chronicles the media and public's prominent role in baseball's union movements between 1885 and 1981"-- Provided by publisher.

Title Baseball's power shift : how the players union, the fans, and the media changed American sports culture / Krister Swanson.
Publisher Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
Creation Date [2016]
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Magnates, "Their Boys,"and the Birth of a Pastime
2. Monopoly and Trade War
3. 1946, a Year of Postwar Tumult
4. The Birth of the MLBPA
5. The Players Grow a Backbone
6. Magnates' Worst Fears Confirmed
7. "Strike" Gets a Whole New Meaning
8. Freedom at Last?
Notes
Annotated Bibliography
Index
Extent 1 online resource (308 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2016
National Library system number 997010719805805171
MARC RECORDS
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