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Baseball without borders : the international pastime /
A televised baseball game from Puerto Rico, Japan, or even Cuba might look a lot like the North American game. This book looks at how the game was imported - how it took hold and developed, how it is organized, played, and followed - and what these local and regional trends and features say about th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Japan: changing of the guard in high school baseball / Dan Gordon
- Japan: the Hanshin Tigers and Japanese Professional Baseball / William W. Kelly
- China: silk gowns and gold gloves / Joseph A. Reaves
- Taiwan: baseball, colonialism, and nationalism / Andrew Morris
- Korea: straw sandals and strong arms / Joseph A. Reaves
- Dominican Republic: forging an international industry / Alan Klein
- Cuba: behind the curtain / Tim Wendel
- Cuba: community, fans, and ballplayers / Thomas Carter
- Puerto Rico: a major league steppingstone / Thomas E. Van Hyning and Franklin Otto
- Nicaragua: in search of diamonds / Dan Gordon
- Brazil: baseball is popular, and the players are Japanese! / Carlos Azzoni, Tales Azzoni, and Wayne Patterson
- Canada: internationalizing America's national pastime / Colin Howell
- Italy: no hotdogs in the bleachers / Peter Carino
- Holland: an American coaching honkbal / Harvey Shapiro
- Great Britain: baseball's battle for respect in the land of cricket, rugby, and soccer / Josh Chetwynd
- Australia: baseball down under / Joseph Clark
- Afterword: is baseball really global? / George Gmelch.