In Past Time, Jules Tygiel provides baseball history with a difference. Instead of a pitch-by-pitch account of great games, in this groundbreaking book, the field is American history and baseball itself is the star.

The author of "Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy" presents an intriguing look at what baseball has meant to American life and culture from generation to generation. 27 halftones.

A collection of essays by baseball's preeminent historian...Tygiel comments on different stages of baseball history as reflections of the economic, social and technological trends of their respective periods.