Much More Than a Game Players, Owners, and American Baseball since 1921
The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Paperback. Near fine (some foxing to the edges of the text block). Paperback. xi + 346 pages, with bibliography and index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The author examine sthe turbulent labor history of American baseball since the beginning of the Commissioner system in 1921. In what Burk calls the "paternalistic era" from 1921 to the early 1960s, baseball's management rigidly maintained a system of racial segregation, establish a netwoek of southern-based farm teams that provided a cheap source of replacement labor, and crushed any attempts by players to create collective bargaining agreements. This system crumbled in the 60s. Near Fine. Item #E24261
ISBN: 9780807849088
Price: $10.00