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Baseball into the Millennium (Coursera)

Mar 25th 2024
Baseball into the Millennium (Coursera)
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In this course, we will explore the more recent history of baseball in America, through similar lenses as ones we have already used. Money & labor, culture, shutdowns, and patriotism & nationalism are our main themes for this fourth and final course. We will also look at how contemporary [...]

Moneyball and Globalization (Coursera)

Mar 25th 2024
Moneyball and Globalization (Coursera)
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This course will explore baseball’s historical connections to money and globalization, two of the most powerful forces in the modern era. Baseball may be a child’s game, but it has been inextricably intertwined with money and profit since its very inception in the late nineteenth century. The Reserve Clause, [...]

Baseball and Americanism (Coursera)

Mar 25th 2024
Baseball and Americanism (Coursera)
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This course will explore baseball and Americanism. What does it mean that baseball is the national pastime? What does national pastime even mean? What about national? When you think of the United States, what do you think of? Is baseball a part of that? These are some of the [...]

Race, Gender, and Culture (Coursera)

Mar 25th 2024
Race, Gender, and Culture (Coursera)
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This course will explore baseball through the lenses of race, gender, and culture. For good and for ill, baseball has been at the forefront of how the United States has dealt with these issues. Does baseball leading the way with desegregation negate that the sport was at the forefront [...]