HIST2600 — History of Baseball
Meets MnTC Goal Area 5. This course covers the history of American baseball, from its origins through the modern era. The course explores professionalism, labor relations and the relationship between baseball and the growth of urban cities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Issues of race, class and gender are also addressed, as well as how the game has intersected with politics, economics and social change in American life.