{"product_id":"the-cooperstown-symposium-on-baseball-and-american-culture-9780786415700","title":"The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William M. Simons\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 is an anthology of 24 papers that were presented at the Fourteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held in June 2002, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Subsequent to initial presentation, papers were revised and edited for publication. The anthology is divided into five parts: Timebend: Baseball as History; The Business of Baseball; Race: Soul of the Game; Baseball Media: Literature, Journalism, and Cinema; and Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion. \u003ci\u003eTimebend: Baseball as History\u003c\/i\u003e ruminates on the lingering resonance of the game's past. \u003ci\u003eThe Business of Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e examines sport from a commercial perspective. \u003ci\u003eRace: Soul of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the African-American experience in baseball. \u003ci\u003eBaseball Media: Literature, Journalism, and Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes depictions of the game in the popular arts. \u003ci\u003eBaseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e explores the social fabric of sport. Each part contains multiple essays related by theme and topic. A guide to the paper follows.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47781046976663,"sku":"9780786415700","price":4629.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786415700.webp?v=1778050158","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-cooperstown-symposium-on-baseball-and-american-culture-9780786415700","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}