The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2015-2016
Title | The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2015-2016 PDF eBook |
Author | William M. Simons |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 433 |
Release | 2017-03-24 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476628866 |
Widely acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research. This collection of 15 new essays selected from the 2015 and the 2016 symposia examines topics whose importance extend beyond the ballpark. Presented in six parts, the essays explore Biography: From Mythology to Authenticity, Gender and Generations, Race and Ethnicity on the Base Paths, Ballparks Abandoned and Envisioned, Baseball Cinema, and Business, Law and the Game.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2000
Title | The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2000 PDF eBook |
Author | William M. Simons |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 337 |
Release | 2015-10-02 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0786481706 |
This is an anthology of 19 papers that were presented at the Twelfth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held June 7-9, 2000 and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Capped by Roger Kahn's essay on the rise and fall of great baseball prose, this Symposium plumbed such topics as baseball in the classroom, the national pastime and American Christianity, corporate encroachment, and the difficult course pursued by a Negro League team owner who also happened to be white and female. These essays, divided into sections titled "Baseball and Culture," "Baseball as History," "The Business of Baseball" and "Race, Gender and Ethnicity in the National Pastime," cut through the quick and easy judgments of the media and offer instead the longer, more informed view of scholars and researchers.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2019 and 2021
Title | The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2019 and 2021 PDF eBook |
Author | William M. Simons |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 297 |
Release | 2022-05-02 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476678383 |
Selected from the two most recent proceedings of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture (2019 and 2021), this collection of essays explores subject matter centered both inside and beyond the ballpark. Fifteen contributors offer critical commentary on a range of topics, including controversial decisions on the field and in Hall of Fame elections; baseball's historical role as a rite of passage for boys; two worthy catchers who never received their due; the genesis and development of the minor leagues; and baseball's place in popular culture.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2017-2018
Title | The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2017-2018 PDF eBook |
Author | William M. Simons |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 229 |
Release | 2019-03-12 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476670153 |
Widely acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research. This collection of 15 new essays selected from the 2017 and the 2018 symposia examines topics whose importance extend beyond the ballpark. Presented in six parts, the essays explore baseball's cultural and social history and analyze the tools that encourage a more sophisticated understanding of baseball as a game and enterprise.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2011-2012
Title | The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2011-2012 PDF eBook |
Author | William M. Simons |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2013-01-17 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0786472952 |
The 2011-2012 volume in the Cooperstown Symposium series is a collection of new scholarly essays that use baseball to examine topics whose import extends beyond the ballpark. The essays represent 16 of the leading presentations from the two most recent proceedings of the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held on June 1-4, 2011, and May 30-June 1, 2012. The essays are divided into six parts. "Baseball History, Myth, and the American Past" considers the distinction between reality and remembrance. "Decade of Transition: The 1960s in Baseball and America" explores a critical passage in the evolution of the nation and the game. "Baseball Economics: Owners, Profits, and the Public" provides perspectives on sports as business. "Out of the Bleachers: Women Umpiring and Playing" links the game to those who participate and care about it despite the expectations of atavistic gender roles. "Casting the Game: Stage and Screen" examines theatrical and cinematic treatments of baseball. Part 6, "Game of Numbers: Statistical Baseball," examines the sport and its artifacts quantitatively.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2013-2014
Title | The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2013-2014 PDF eBook |
Author | William M. Simons |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 299 |
Release | 2015-01-24 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1476620148 |
Generally acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made significant contributions to baseball research and pedagogy. This collection of 17 new essays is selected from the approximately 100 presentations of the 2013 and the 2014 symposia, covering topics whose importance extends beyond the ballpark. Presented in six themed parts, the essays consider the congruence of culture and baseball, the importance of ballpark itself, the myths, legends and icons of the baseball imagination, international and ethnic game variations, the work of baseball museum curators and a context for the game's rules of play and labor.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2001
Title | The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2001 PDF eBook |
Author | William M. Simons |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 382 |
Release | 2002-04-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780786413577 |
This is an anthology of 23 papers that were presented at the Thirteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held June 6-8, 2001, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Featuring keynote remarks from George Plimpton, author of Home Run: The Best Writing About Baseball's Most Exciting Moment, this Symposium examined such topics as baseball's myths, legends and tall tales. These essays, divided into sections titled "Mythic Heroes," "Media Mythology," "Myth and Mystery" and "Myths in Progress," go beyond the quick and easy judgments of the media and offer instead the longer, more informed views of scholars and researchers.