Baseball As America: Seeing Ourselves Through Our National Game

by The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Other authorsNational Geographic
Paper Book, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

796.357

Tags

Seeing Ourselves Thru Baseball

Genres

Collection

Sports- Baseball

Publication

National Geographic (2005), Paperback, 320 pages

Description

The official companion, filled with original and archival photographs, to the National Baseball Hall of Fame's groundbreaking four-year travelling exhibition, pays tribute to America's favorite national pasttime by featuring over thirty essays by writers, players, scholars, and fans, revealing how baseball has had a profound impact on the evolution of American culture.

Subjects

Baseball Social aspects United States Exhibitions
Baseball United States Social aspects Exhibitions
National characteristics, American Exhibitions

Language

English

Physical description

320 p.; 9.16 inches

ISBN

0792238982 / 9780792238980

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