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Research Articles

Peter Dahlén Rasfrågan i amerikansk idrott (artikel 050405)

Book Reviews

Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond Edward Rielly (red) New York: The Haworth Press 2003 (Ørnulf Seippel, recension 050503)

Baseball and Country Music Don Cusic Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press 2003 (Peter Dahlén, recension 050503)

Baseball and Cricket: The Creation of American Team Sports, 1838–72George B. Kirsch Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press 2007 (Mats Greiff 080521)

Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter’s Box Eric Bronson(red) Chicago, IL.: OpenCourt (Kutte Jönsson, recension 041109)

Baseball Over the Air: The National Pastime on the Radio and in the Imagination Tony Silvia Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2007 (Peter Dahlén 101103)

Bloomer Girls: Women Baseball Pioneers Debra A. Shattuck Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press 2017 (Hans Bolling 181010)

Global Sports Fandom in South Korea: American Major League Baseball and Its Fans in the Online Community Younghan Cho London: Palgrave Macmillan 2020 (review in English by Mark Brooke, published 211216)

Hit by Pitch: Ray Chapman, Carl Mays and the Fatal Fastball Molly Lawless Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2011 (Malcolm MacLean 130927)

Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball Scott Simon Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons 2002 (Peter Dahlén 031028)

Jews and Baseball, Volume 1: Entering the American Mainstream, 1871–1948 Burton A. Boxerman & Benita W. Boxerman Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2007 (Hans Bolling 071121)

The Meaning of Sports: Why Americans Watch Baseball, Football, and Basketball and What They See When They Do MichaelMandelbaum New York: PublicAffairs 2004 (Ørnulf Seippel, recension 050208)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Yankee Stadium: Baseball Films in the Capra Tradition Wes D. Gehring Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2004 (Peter Dahlén 091216)

National Pastime: How the Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer Stefan Szymanski & Andrew Zimbalist Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press 2005 (Göran Eriksson, recension 060830)

The Origins and History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Merrie A. Fidler Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2006 (Hans Bolling, recension 060927)

Past Time: Baseball as History JulesTygiel New York: Oxford University Press 2001 (Peter Dahlén 031028)

Pastime Lost: The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball David Block Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press 2019 (review in English by Isak Lidström, published 200415)

Segregation Games: Boston, Busing, and the Making of Red Sox Nation David Faflik (Sport for Social Change) Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press 2026 (review in English by Duncan R. Jamieson, published 260616)

Stars, Stripes and Diamonds: American Culture and the Baseball Film Marshall G. Most & Robert RuddJefferson, NC: McFarland 2006 (Peter Dahlén 091216)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game: The Story of the Sensational Baseball Song Amy Whorf McGuiggan Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press 2009 (Peter Dahlén 101215)

The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball’s Drug Problem Will Carroll & William L. Carroll Chicago: Ivan R. Dee 2007 (Ask Vest Christiansen 080507)

The Prehistories of Baseball Seelochan Beharry Jefferson, NC: McFarland 2016 (Isak Lidström 180426)

Sport films

The Pride of the Yankies: Den exemplariske idrottshjälten (Peter Dahlén om sportfilm II, published in Swedish 080917)

Bang the Drum Slowly: Baseballsportens återkomst på film (Peter Dahlén om sportfilm XV, published in Swedish 091216)

The Great Escape: Krigsfilm med idrottsmetaforer (Peter Dahlén om sportfilm XIX, published in Swedish 110309)