{"product_id":"the-baseball-film-in-postwar-america-a-critical-study-1948-1962-9780786461233","title":"The Baseball Film in Postwar America: A Critical Study, 1948-1962","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ron Briley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Baseball - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This work focuses on the baseball movie genre in the years following World War II, beginning with the 1948 biopic \u003ci\u003eThe Babe Ruth Story\u003c\/i\u003e and ending with the 1962 Mickey Mantle-Roger Maris vehicle \u003ci\u003eSafe at Home!\u003c\/i\u003e, when the consensus was that conflict should be limited in American society by emphasizing economic growth and a strong stand against Communism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This study of selected films indicates, however, that this strategy was not entirely effective; while offering a certain amount of nostalgia, these films could not provide shelter from the storm gathering in postwar America which challenged conventional ideas of race, gender and class and broke in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46868154122391,"sku":"9780786461233","price":2823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786461233.webp?v=1769988666","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-baseball-film-in-postwar-america-a-critical-study-1948-1962-9780786461233","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}