Stealing Lives : The Globalization of Baseball and the Tragic Story of Alexis Quiroz /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-
Otros Autores: Fidler, David P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Quiroz, Alexis.
Major League Baseball (Organization) > Corrupt practices.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Baseball players > Abuse of > Latin America.
Baseball players > Recruiting > Latin America.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball
  • The globalization of baseball
  • The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent
  • Exploitation and mistreatment in the global ballpark, the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz
  • "Papá, I want to play baseball!"
  • Going to Vietnam
  • In baseball purgatory
  • The Mesa miracle
  • The Dominican disaster
  • "That's just your story"
  • The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong
  • Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay
  • The final inning
  • Repairing the global ballpark
  • Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America
  • Global ballpark repair strategies.

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