542 pages of Baseball History up to 1911; updated in 1991, unabridged. A must for every baseball buff who wants to learn about America's baseball heritage. A. G. Spaulding wrote in his foreword to this book: "...I find myself engaged in the undertaking of writing, not a history of Base Ball, but the simple story of America's National Game as I have come to know it. I have simply sought in these pages to deal with the beginnings of things...which will enable the reader to view certain historic scenes that in my opinion constitute the chief landmarks of Base Ball history...I have undertaken briefly to touch upon the several epochs that impress me as of greatest importance. I have interspersed in this narrative some reminiscences in which the personal equation is conspicuously present...This book is simply my contribution to the history of the game..." To order: Phone (718) 204-0900 or send check or money order ($45.00 plus 3.50 shipping & handling) to J. C. & A. L. Fawcett, Inc., 38-01 23rd Ave., Long Island City, NY 11105.
The crack of the bat, the cheering of fans and the agility and athleticism of the players are all characteristics that many people fondly associate with Major League Baseball. However, the players' strike and owners' lockout in 1994 and 1995 brought the game under great scrutiny, revealing a side of baseball that is not admirable, honorable, or enjoyable. Nor is this darker side of "America's Pastime" a recent development. The majority of problems in today's Major Leagues are a continuation of ills that have plagued organized baseball since its inception. This book examines the business of baseball, addressing its most significant problems and proposing solutions. It covers some of Major League Baseball's greatest players and their effect on the game and its business. Among the many topics analyzed are the roles of franchise owners, commissioners, and players' unions in organized baseball. The book also examines Major League ballparks and baseball fans, and considers how they are relevant to baseball as a game and a business.
The first intellectual history of interreligious dialogue, a relatively new and significant dimension of human religiosity In recent decades, organizations committed to interreligious or interfaith dialogue have proliferated, both in the Western and non-Western worlds. Why? How so? And what exactly is interreligious dialogue? These are the touchstone questions of this book, the first major history of interreligious dialogue in the modern age. Thomas Albert Howard narrates and analyzes several key turning points in the history of interfaith dialogue before examining, in the conclusion, the contemporary landscape. While many have theorized about and practiced interreligious dialogue, few have attended carefully to its past, connecting its emergence and spread with broader developments in modern history. Interreligious dialogue—grasped in light of careful, critical attention to its past—holds promise for helping people of diverse faith backgrounds to foster cooperation and knowledge of one another while contributing insight into contemporary, global religious pluralism.
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