An illustrated history honoring Negro League baseball and its remarkable players brings together historical anecdotes, biographical essays, archival photographs, and other artifacts that pay tribute to the players and teams that transformed American sports culture, from the nineteenth century to the integration of the Major Leagues in 1947. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

Jules Tygiel’s biography of Ronald Reagan engages students with the compelling story of the man who went from Hollywood actor to President of the United States.  This balanced profile considers both the accomplishments and failures of Reagan’s presidency, as well as the contested legacy of his political career even after his death. Incorporating the latest scholarship, Ronald Reagan and the Triumph of American Conservatism examines Reagan both as an individual and in the larger context of the conservative movement. The titles in the Library of American Biography Series make ideal supplements for American History Survey courses or other courses in American history where figures in history are explored. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each interpretative biography in this series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.

A collection of previously published essays exploring various aspects of baseball history includes an introduction to baseball historiography and a discussion of Jackie Robinson and Jim Crow baseball.

Discusses baseball's history and the game's relationship to American society from the 1850s until the present day. (view table of contents)

Offering viewpoints on both Jackie Robinson and his role in the world of baseball in the 1940s, a collection of writings that include some letters by Robinson himself sheds light on the cultural impact of his actions and the man behind the popular hero. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Offers a history of African American exclusion from baseball, and assesses the changing racial attitudes that led up to Jackie Robinson's acceptance by the Brooklyn Dodgers

Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Robinson's historic debut in major league baseball, this provocative collection of writings comes from Robinson himself, as well as from contributions by Red Barber, Roger Kahn, Malcolm X, and others. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Here is a saga of the roaring twenties, with its glorification of business, its get-rich-quick mentality, and its paucity of government regulation—which bred speculation, corruption, and corporate chaos throughout the country. The Great Los Angeles Swindle exposes the schemes of C...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)