Baseball and the American Dream Race, Class, Gender, and the National Pastime

The essays are organized under three main themes: race, class, & gender. After an introductory essay, the section on diversity examines issues of race & ethnicity in baseball, & includes first-person memoirs by well-known players Orlando Cepeda & Dusty Baker, as well as pieces by such notable commentators as Andrei Codrescu of National Public Radio fame & Roger Kahn, author of Boys of Summer. The section on class issues looks at the economics of the sport, now & in the past, & includes selections by baseball writer Jules Tygiel, Leonard Koppett (who writes for the New York Times), & former minor-leaguer George McGlynn. The third section, on gender issues in baseball, looks at the role of women in baseball, & includes pieces by Gai Berlage (author of Women in Baseball), Joan Ryan of the San Francisco Chronicle, & Lois Youngen (of the All-American Girl's Professional Baseball League -- AAGPBL).Elias, Robert is the author of 'Baseball and the American Dream Race, Class, Gender, and the National Pastime' with ISBN 9780765607638 and ISBN 0765607638.