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  • ’Baseball Immortal’
    Alex Painter
    At the turn of the twentieth century, among the patchy meadows, dusty sandlots, and ramshackle municipal parks situated among the unassuming cornfields of the Hoosier State, Spiceland, Indiana’s John ’Snowball’ Merida was an indomitable force of integration in baseball. Over four decades before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier, Merida bucked societal ...
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    14,01 €

  • Blackball in the Hoosier Heartland
    Alex Painter
    Though situated in what is traditionally considered the heart of Hoosier basketball country, perhaps no small city can claim Richmond, Indiana’s history with baseball’s vaunted Negro Leagues. For decades, hundreds of players, all barred from the major leagues on account of their skin color, graced the Richmond ball diamonds, and utterly dazzled the locals with their play. Many ...
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    17,11 €

  • ’Folk Hero Forever’
    Alex Painter
    Luke Easter was the eleventh ballplayer to break Major League Baseball’s long-observed color barrier. Over his career, thousands watched in amazement as the towering yet mysterious Easter hit the longest, and most, home runs many of them had ever seen. The largely-forgotten Easter reached near-mythological status during his playing days, while serving as a racial trailblazer at...
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    13,92 €

  • Political Geography
    Alex Jeffrey / Joe Painter
    Combines theoretical sophistication with empirical detail to provide an essential overview of the content of contemporary political geography. A unique overview of the incorporation of socio-cultural theory into the discipline. ...
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    139,48 €