A house of cards baseball card collecting and popular culture
From interviews with collectors, dealers, and hobbyists as well as analyses of the baseball card industry and extensive firsthand observations, John Bloom explores what this hobby tells us about nostalgia, work, play, masculinity, and race and gender relations among collectors.
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press
c1997.
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Edición: | 1st ed |
Colección: | American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.) ;
12. |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798399506719 |
Sumario: | From interviews with collectors, dealers, and hobbyists as well as analyses of the baseball card industry and extensive firsthand observations, John Bloom explores what this hobby tells us about nostalgia, work, play, masculinity, and race and gender relations among collectors. |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (154 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780816687725 |