The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2019 and 2021
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2019 and 2021

Author: William M. Simons

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1476647143

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Selected from the two most recent proceedings of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture (2019 and 2021), this collection of essays explores subject matter centered both inside and beyond the ballpark. Fifteen contributors offer critical commentary on a range of topics, including controversial decisions on the field and in Hall of Fame elections; baseball's historical role as a rite of passage for boys; two worthy catchers who never received their due; the genesis and development of the minor leagues; and baseball's place in popular culture.

History of Soybeans and the Great Agricultural Revolution (1874-2021)
History of Soybeans and the Great Agricultural Revolution (1874-2021)

Author: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi

Publisher: Soyinfo Center

Published: 2021-06-12

Total Pages: 843

ISBN-13: 194843640X

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The world's most comprehensive, well document, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 136 photographs and illustrations - many in color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.

Frederick W. Taylor and the Rise of Scientific Management
Frederick W. Taylor and the Rise of Scientific Management

Author: Daniel Nelson

Publisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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The author discusses the influence of Taylor in transforming the philosophy of American industry from the "factory system" to "scientific management." Nelson believes that though Taylor is best remembered for techniques such as time study, he was a reformer whose ideas were more readily adopted after his death, following World War I.