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American History Through Baseball

This specialization is intended for those interested in sports marketing, sports administration, the MLB, and American culture & globalization. It is highly beneficial to those interested in American history and fans of baseball. Throughout the four courses, learners will track American history and baseball history side-by-side.

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Four courses

Moneyball and Globalization

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This course examines baseball's historical connections to money and globalization, two powerful forces in the modern era. Baseball's evolution has been shaped by financial considerations, from the Reserve Clause to expansion and international player recruitment.

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Race, Gender, and Culture

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This course explores baseball through the lenses of race, gender, and culture. For good and for ill, baseball has been at the forefront of how the United States has dealt with these issues.

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Baseball and Americanism

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This course explores baseball and Americanism. What does it mean that baseball is the national pastime? What does national pastime even mean? What about national? When you think of the United States, what do you think of? Is baseball a part of that?

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Baseball into the Millennium

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In this course, we will explore the recent history of baseball in America, examining money & labor, culture, shutdowns, and patriotism & nationalism. We will also consider how contemporary trends like COVID-19 connect to the past.

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Learning objectives

Gain a broad sense of historical change, politics, economy, society and culture, and persistent and recurring challenges.
Discover some examples of how those changes played out in american history — the people and places involved and their impact.

Develop your ability to think historically — examine the past on its own terms, consider context and change, and analyze historical arguments.
Apply historical skills to the contemporary world, grapple with questions that matter to you, and learn about baseball.

Gain a broad sense of historical change, politics, economy, society and culture, and persistent and recurring challenges.
Discover some examples of how those changes played out in american history — the people and places involved and their impact.
Develop your ability to think historically — examine the past on its own terms, consider context and change, and analyze historical arguments.
Apply historical skills to the contemporary world, grapple with questions that matter to you, and learn about baseball.

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Introductory

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University of Colorado Boulder

Instructor

Tom Zeiler

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Introductory

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