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- Publisher
- McFarland
- Format
- Softcover, 6 x 9
- ISBN
- 978-1-4766-5834-6
- Includes
- ca. 10 photos, notes, bibliography, index
New England Pivot
The Red Sox and the Region in 1972
This work tells the story of 1972 as a hinge year in northern New England, a moment when long-standing political, cultural, and institutional assumptions quietly began to fracture. In New Hampshire and Vermont, insurgent campaigns challenged entrenched power, foreshadowing the anti-establishment energy that would later carry figures like Bernie Sanders. At the same time, demographic shifts and the rise of populism signaled that the region's future would look very different from its past.
Set against this backdrop is the 1972 Boston Red Sox season, shaped by baseball's first league-wide work stoppage and the emergence of a new generation of stars. As the team battled expectations and authority within the sport, it mirrored a region wrestling with its own identity. Blending sports and political history, this work reveals how a single year planted transformations that still define New England today.
Pre-Order from McFarlandSociety for American Baseball Research
Christopher D. Chavis is a published contributor to the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), with scholarly articles appearing in SABR's peer-reviewed publications. SABR is the foremost organization for baseball research and scholarship, and publication in its journals represents a standard of historical rigor and original research.
Learn more about SABRThe Greater Boston Stadium Authority
A long-running research project examining the decades-long effort to replace Fenway Park: the civic debates, the political maneuvering, the competing visions for Boston's baseball future, and why, ultimately, Fenway endured. This research informs both published articles and future book projects.
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