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Lectures in History

SHORT SERIES: Baseball in the Gilded Age

Dec 22, 2024
01:21:39

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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