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Baldassaro, Lawrence.

Beyond DiMaggio : Italian Americans in Baseball. - 1 online resource (517 pages)

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: At Home in America -- Part 1 : The Pioneers -- 1. Ed Abbaticchio: Forgotten Pioneer -- 2. The Boys from San Francisco -- 3. Where Are the Italians? -- 4. The Tony Lazzeri Era -- Part 2: Arrival -- 5. The Turning Point: 1930-1935 -- 6. Viva Italia!: 1936-1939 -- 7. The First MVPS: Lombardi, Camilli, and Cavarretta -- 8. To War and Back -- Part 3: Postwar Boom -- 9. Postwar New York: The Golden Age -- 10. The DiMaggio Brothers: Realizing the American Dream -- 11. Italian Yankees: Paesans in Pinstripes -- 12. Interborough Warfare: Dodgers versus Giants -- Part 4: Transitional Italians -- 13. The Last "Italians" -- 14. The 1970s and Beyond -- 15. From Labor to Management -- 16. Executive Suite -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Source Acknowledgments -- Index.

History of Italian-Americans in baseball.

ISBN: 9780803234673

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Business logistics.;Inventory control -- Automation.;Radio frequency identification systems.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GV865.A1 .B3216 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 796.3570922