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Baseball Beyond Our Borders : An International Pastime /
"A collection of essays about baseball in other countries across the globe that explores a wide range of issues for each region"--
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln, Nebraska :
University of Nebraska Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Around the Horn; Part 1. The Americas; 1. Cuba: The Curtain Begins to Fall; 2. Dominican Republic: From Paternalism to Parity; 3. Puerto Rico: A Major League Stepping-Stone; 4. Canada: Internationalizing America's National Pastime; 5. Mexico: Baseball's Humble Beginnings to Budding Competitor; Part 2. Asia; 9. Japan: "No Matter What Happens, Stand Up"; 10. Japan: Professional Baseball Enters the Twenty- First Century; 11. Korea: Straw Sandals and Strong Arms.
- 12. China: A Century and a Half of Bat Ball13. Taiwan: Baseball, Colonialism, Nationalism, and Other Inconceivable Things; Part 3. The Pacific; 14. Australia: Baseball's Curious Journey; 15. Tasmania: Baseball Struggles to Survive; 16. New Zealand: Baseball between British Traditions; Part 4. The Middle East; 17. Israel: From the Desert to Jupiter ... and Beyond; Part 5. Africa; 18. South Africa: The Battle for Baseball; Part 6. Europe; 19. Italy: No Hot Dogs in the Bleachers; 20. Holland: An American Coaching Honkbal.
- 21. Great Britain: Baseball's Battle for Respect in the Land of Cricket, Rugby, and Soccer22. Finland: Pesäpallo, Baseball Finnish Style; Part 7. World Baseball Classic; 23. The World Baseball Classic: Conflicts and Contradictions; Afterword; Source Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index.