Honors Theses
Date of Award
2005
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Journalism
First Advisor
John Winkle
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This paper is an analysis of the relationship between a community and a cultural activity. In this particular case it is about the relationship between New Orleans, Louisiana and its professional baseball teams, the minor league New Orleans Pelicans and New Orleans Zephyrs. The work examines how one can see the changes in the city during the twentieth century by examining the changes that surrounded its baseball teams. It shows that through the lens of baseball, one can examine the evolution of a community. The heart of the thesis is 17 first-hand interview accounts with several former players, fans and the managers, broadcasters, ifont office personnel, newspaper beat writers and baseball historians. Information was also gathered from several books, Web sites, videos, newspaper accounts and magazine studies. Information from the United States Census Bureau was also analyzed. During the early 1900s baseball was an important neighborhood in a city where neighbors NOTE: In the time between this project being completed and this version being printed, Hurricane Katrina devastated the New Orleans area and significantly changed the present-day landscape of New Orleans, Louisiana and thus several of the findings. Much additional research would need to be update the writings about present and future New Orleans.
Recommended Citation
Kieffer, Christopher Emile, "Baseball in The Big Easy: An Analysis of Professional Baseball in New Orleans, Louisiana" (2005). Honors Theses. 2044.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2044
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