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- catalog abstract ""Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports examines the role played by minor league baseball in hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. Written from the unique perspective of a sociologist who also happens to be an avid baseball fan, the book looks at the contributions minor league teams make to the quality of life in their communities, creating focal points for spirit and cohesiveness while providing opportunities for interaction and entertainment. The book links theory and experience to present a "sociology of baseball" that explains the symbiotic relationship which brings people together for a common purpose - to root, root, root for the home team."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12774642.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Minor League Baseball: Community Building Through Hometown Sports examines the role played by minor league baseball in hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. Written from the unique perspective of a sociologist who also happens to be an avid baseball fan, the book looks at the contributions minor league teams make to the quality of life in their communities, creating focal points for spirit and cohesiveness while providing opportunities for interaction and entertainment. The book links theory and experience to present a "sociology of baseball" that explains the symbiotic relationship which brings people together for a common purpose - to root, root, root for the home team."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-185) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Baseball coast to coast -- The lure of minor league baseball -- The evolution of minor league baseball -- A tale of two minor league cities -- The impact of minor league baseball -- Epilogue: a shelter in the storm -- Appendix A: Minor league attendance and number of teams, by year and era, 1947t0 1990 -- Appendix B: development of the data set.".
- catalog extent "xii, 206 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Minor league baseball.".
- catalog identifier "0789017555 (hard : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0789017563 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Minor league baseball.".
- catalog isPartOf "Contemporary sports issues".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Haworth Press,".
- catalog relation "Minor league baseball.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "796.357/64/0973 21".
- catalog subject "GV863.A1 K72 2003".
- catalog subject "Minor league baseball United States Sociological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Minor league baseball United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Baseball coast to coast -- The lure of minor league baseball -- The evolution of minor league baseball -- A tale of two minor league cities -- The impact of minor league baseball -- Epilogue: a shelter in the storm -- Appendix A: Minor league attendance and number of teams, by year and era, 1947t0 1990 -- Appendix B: development of the data set.".
- catalog title "Minor league baseball : community building through hometown sports / Rebecca S. Kraus.".
- catalog type "text".