Black baseball, black business : race enterprise and the fate of the segregated dollar

Black baseball, black business : race enterprise and the fate of the segregated dollar / Roberta J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen.

An extraordinary history of the negro leagues and the economic disruptions of desegregating a sport.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Newman, Roberta J.
Other Authors:	Rosen, Joel Nathan, 1961-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014]
Subjects:	1900-1999 Negro leagues > Economic aspects. Business enterprises, Black > History > 20th century. Discrimination in sports > United States > History > 20th century. GAMES > Gambling > Sports. SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects. SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays. SPORTS & RECREATION > History. SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference. TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies. Business enterprises, Black Discrimination in sports United States History
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Table of Contents:

Black business and consciousness in context
Capitalizing black baseball and the African American economic ecosystem, 1914-1929
The depression, black business, and black baseball revisited, 1930-1939
The second wave and the business of black baseball, 1939-1946
Desegregating baseball and its economic implications, 1946-1948
Black baseball's post-Robinson challenge, 1949-1963
Postscript: what has the promise wrought?