In this Book
- Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
- Series: Sports and Entertainment
summary
As the companion volume to Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860–1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary, Lomax’s new book continues to chronicle the history of black baseball in the United States. The first volume traced the development of baseball from an exercise in community building among African Americans in the pre–Civil War era to a commercialized amusement and a rare and lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurship within the black community. In this book, Lomax takes a closer look at the marketing and promotion of the Negro Leagues by black baseball magnates. He explores how race influenced black baseball’s institutional development and shaped the business relationship with white clubs and managers. Lomax analyzes the decisions that black baseball magnates made to insulate themselves from outside influences. He explains how this insulation may have distorted their perceptions and ultimately led to the Negro Leagues’ demise. The collapse of the Negro Leagues by 1931 was, Lomax argues, "a dream deferred in the overall African American pursuit for freedom and self-determination."
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xx
- Part OneIndependent Ball,1902–1920
- 1 Continuity and Change
- pp. 3-27
- 3 Striving for Professionalism
- pp. 72-103
- 4 Years of Transition,1911–1913
- pp. 104-137
- Photographs
- pp. 215-238
- Part TwoThe Rise and Fallof the Negro Nationaland Eastern ColoredLeagues, 1920–1931
- 9 Pursuing Peace
- pp. 309-341
- 10 Caught in a Rundown
- pp. 342-370
- 11 Before the Fall
- pp. 371-403
- 12 The End of an Era
- pp. 404-428
- Bibliography
- pp. 471-476
Additional Information
ISBN
9780815652823
Related ISBN(s)
9780815633631
MARC Record
OCLC
881430577
Pages
472
Launched on MUSE
2014-08-01
Language
English
Open Access
No