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9780742551695

Ambassadors in Pinstripes The Spalding World Baseball Tour and the Birth of the American Empire

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    9780742551695

  • ISBN10:

    0742551695

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-09-22
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Summary

In this lively chronicle of the 1888-1889 Spalding world baseball tour, Thomas Zeiler examines the roots of the post-1898 American empire by analyzing the ways in which the tour drew on elements of globalization to inject American values, and thus, power into the international arena. As Zeiler follows the players on each leg of their journey, he explores important elements of globalization the business ethic, technological innovation, racial hierarchy, attempts at Americanization abroad, and promotion of an exceptionalist identity.

Author Biography

Thomas W. Zeiler is professor of history at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Baseball, Globalization, and Empire ix
Marketing: Albert Spalding's Chicago
1(38)
Movement: The American West
39(34)
An Empire of Race: Southern Seas
73(44)
Old and New World Cultures: Europe
117(40)
National Identity: Return to America
157(30)
Conclusion: Imperial Imagination 187(6)
Bibliography 193(18)
Index 211(6)
About the Author 217

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