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A calculus of color : the integration of baseball's American League / Robert Kuhn McGregor.

McGregor, Robert Kuhn, 1952- (author.).

Summary:

In 1947, as the integration of Major League baseball began, the once-daring American League had grown reactionary, unwilling to confront postwar challenges. As the political climate changed and some major league teams realized the necessity of integration, the American League proved painfully reluctant. With the exception of the Cleveland Indians, integration was slow and often ineffective. This book examines the integration of baseball, widely viewed as a triumph, through the experiences of the American League and finds only a limited shift in racial values. The teams accepted few black players and made no effort to alter management structures, and organized baseball remained an institution governed by tradition-bound owners.

Record details

ISBN: 9780786494408
ISBN: 0786494409
Physical Description: x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

I Negro Leagues: Baseball by and for Black People 17 -- II American League: The Trials of a Major League 43 -- III Masks of Separation: Why Integration Was Unlikely to Happen 61 -- IV A More Honest Face: How Integration Happened 82 -- V American League Tries: The Pioneer Experiments 99 -- Interlude: The End of The Road: The Negro Leagues Wither 128 -- VI Reluctant Realists: A Change Gathers Momentum 135 -- VII Ungracious Surrender: The Ongoing Resistance of the Final Two 162 -- VIII Looking Back-and Looking Ahead 179.