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Polo in Argentina : a history /
"This book is a comprehensive history of polo in Argentina, from its beginnings in the 1870s to the summer of 2013. The contents are enhanced by the author's personal observation of significant events and his friendship with many of the participants. This work represents the first book dev...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2014.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Polo in Argentina : |b a history / |c Horace A. Laffaye ; foreword by Chris Ashton. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Jefferson, North Carolina : |b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, |c 2014. | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "This book is a comprehensive history of polo in Argentina, from its beginnings in the 1870s to the summer of 2013. The contents are enhanced by the author's personal observation of significant events and his friendship with many of the participants. This work represents the first book devoted to polo Argentina in more than sixty years"-- |c Provided by publisher | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Chris Ashton -- Preface -- 1. How Polo Started in Argentina -- 2. The First Clubs and Polo in the Hinterland -- 3. The Game Is Organized: The Polo Association of the River Plate -- 4. The Oldest Clubs: Venado Tuerto, Hurlingham, Media Luna and Las Petacas -- 5. Early Championships 1893-1900 -- 6. First International Game and Tours to England -- 7. Early Prominent Polo Families -- 8. Palermo: Polo's Cathedral -- 9. The P.A.R.P. Championships Prior to the Great War -- 10. 1914, Changes to the Rules, and All That -- 11. 1922, a Time for Change: Polo Became Argentine -- 12. Polo in the 1920s -- 13. Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo 1923-1930 -- 14. Gold Medals Only: The Olympic Games -- 15. Argentina versus U.S.A.: The Cup of the Americas 1928-1936 -- 16. The Big Clubs: Growth and Evolution of Los Indios, Tortugas and Coronel Suárez -- 17. Visitors from Foreign Lands -- 18. Argentine Tours Overseas -- 19. Don Paco Ceballos and the National Handicap Championship -- 20. The Argentine Open Championship in the 1930s -- 21. The Years of the Great Depression -- 22. The War Years and the Aftermath 1940-1950 -- 23. El Trébol and Venado Tuerto: The Glorious Days of the Giants -- 24. The Changing of the Guard -- 25. The Growth of the Game 1950-1960 -- 26. The Cup of the Americas 1950-1980 -- 27. The Aristocrat of Polo: The Times of Juancarlitos Harriott -- 28. The Days of Coronel Suárez versus Santa Ana -- 29. The Expansion of the Game in the 1970s -- 30. Argentine Military Polo -- 31. Travels Abroad and the Development of Professionalism -- 32. Argentina and the Federation of International Polo -- 33. The Era of La Espadaña -- 34. Myths in Argentine Polo -- 35. The Decade of Indios-Chapaleufú -- 36. 2005-2013: The Years of Ellerstina and La Dolfina. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 37. International Matches in the 21st Century and Some Final Thoughts -- Appendix A. Polo Championships -- Appendix B. Polo Pony Awards -- Appendix C. Presidents of the Asociación Argentina de Polo -- Appendix D. List of Polo Clubs in Argentina -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. | |
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