Baseball before we knew it : a search for the roots of the game /
Baseball, Block convincingly argues, was not a product of rounders, and its essential form had already been established by the late 18th century. Where, then, did baseball come from? In search of an answer, Block, a retired systems analyst and an antiquarian book collector, has attacked baseball...
| 主要作者: | |
|---|---|
| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 语言: | 英语 |
| 出版: |
Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press
©2005.
|
| 在线阅读: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1dnncnb |
| 总结: | Baseball, Block convincingly argues, was not a product of rounders, and its essential form had already been established by the late 18th century. Where, then, did baseball come from? In search of an answer, Block, a retired systems analyst and an antiquarian book collector, has attacked baseball's literary record with methodical zeal. The result is a joyfully discursive romp through the history of ball sports and a compelling new theory of the game's origins. |
|---|---|
| 实物描述: | 1 online resource (xxv, 340 pages) : illustrations, map |
| 格式: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| 参考书目: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0803204779 9780803204775 1280423749 9781280423741 9780803204779 9786610423743 6610423741 0803213395 9780803213395 |