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Beyond DiMaggio : Italian Americans in Baseball.

by Baldassaro, Lawrence; DiMaggio, Dom.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookDescription: 1 online resource (517 pages).ISBN: 9780803234673; .Subject(s): Business logistics.;Inventory control -- Automation.;Radio frequency identification systems | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: History of Italian-Americans in baseball.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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