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SHORT SERIES: Baseball in the Gilded Age

SHORT SERIES: Baseball in the Gilded Age

Lectures in History

December 22, 20241h 19m

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Show Notes

Professor Joan Waugh talked about the rise of baseball as a national activity, spectator event, and business. She described the efforts of baseball club owners to codify the rules of the games, establish a national league, and attract a broad middle class audience.

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