Ambassadors in Pinstripes The Spalding World Baseball Tour and the Birth of the American Empire

Name: Ambassadors in Pinstripes The Spalding World Baseball Tour and the Birth of the American Empire
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ISBN: 9780742551695

ISBN-10: 0742551695

ISBN-13: 9780742551695

Edition: 2006

Authors: Thomas Zeiler

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In this lively chronicle of the 1888-1889 Spalding world baseball tour, Thomas Zeiler examines the roots of the post-1898 American empire by analyzing the ways in which the tour drew on elements of globalization to inject American values, and thus, power into the international arena. As Zeiler follows the players on each leg of their journey, he explores important elements of globalization the business ethic, technological innovation, racial hierarchy, attempts at Americanization abroad, and promotion of an exceptionalist identity.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.15" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Baseball, Globalization, and Empire



Marketing: Albert Spalding's Chicago



Movement: The American West



An Empire of Race: Southern Seas



Old and New World Cultures: Europe



National Identity: Return to America


Conclusion: Imperial Imagination


Bibliography


Index


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