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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- History Professor William M. Simons of the SUNY College at Oneonta is the
editor of a new collection of essays entitled The Cooperstown Symposium
on Baseball and American Culture, 2005-2006, released recently by
McFarland and Company Publishers. The work is the eighth in the
Cooperstown Symposium series, the last five of which have been edited by
Dr. Simons.
The 16 essays in the book are grouped thematically into six sections,
entitled "The African American Experience, "The Women's Game," "Baseball
and Community," "Baseball Ideology," "Biography: Baseball Lives," and
"The Business of Baseball." Written by baseball scholars from colleges
and universities across the country, the essays were originally
presented as papers at the 2005 and 2006 symposia at the National
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Dr. Simons wrote the introduction to the volume and contributed an
essay entitled "From Exaltation to Historiography: A Celebration of 143
American Jews in America's Game, 1871-2004." The essay is based on the
2004 conference on Jewish baseball history at the Hall of Fame at which
Dr. Simons was a presenter and participant. His essay explores the
significance of the conference in the development of the Jewish identity
in America, both in baseball and in society.
A member of the SUNY-Oneonta faculty since 1977, Dr. Simons has
directed the past two Cooperstown symposia. He has served as chair of
the History
Department and received the 2002 SUNY Chancellor's Award for
Excellence in Teaching. A recipient of the 1992 Meckler Award for
baseball writing and research, he has written extensively on baseball,
sports history, and sports as a reflection of society. His articles have
appeared in The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History,
the Journal of Sports History, and in several previous volumes of
the Cooperstown Symposium collection.
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture,
2005-2006 is available from online booksellers or from the publisher
at
www.mcfarlandpub.com.
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