At the Nexus of labor and leisure: baseball, nativism, and the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
From: Journal of Social History
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Date: 6/22/2003
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Author: Bachin, Robin F.
This article analyzes the 1919 baseball scandal in relation to broader issues including labor, "outsiders," and Americanism following World War I. I argue that the scandal muted concerns about labor relations raised by players, and instead focused on supposed threats by "outsiders" and "foreigners" who, through their connections to the sporting underworld, sullied the American institution of baseball. I juxtapose the Black Sox scandal with the nationwide steel strike of 1919 to highlight how ...
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