Baseball's Great Experiment

Baseball's Great Experiment
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 0195106202
ISBN-13 : 9780195106206
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Book Synopsis Baseball's Great Experiment by : Jules Tygiel

Download or read book Baseball's Great Experiment written by Jules Tygiel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a history of African American exclusion from baseball, and assesses the changing racial attitudes that led up to Jackie Robinson's acceptance by the Brooklyn Dodgers.


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