Baseball on the Border : A Tale of Two Laredos /

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From 1985 to 1994 there existed a significant but unheralded experiment in professional baseball. For ten seasons, the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (The Owls of the Two Laredos) were the only team in professional sports to represent two nations. Playing in the storied Mexican League (an AAA affiliat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klein, Alan, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nationalism and sports.
Cities and towns > Social conditions.
Baseball > Social aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > General.
Villes > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Conditions sociales > Études de cas.
Nationalisme et sports > Mexique > Nuevo Laredo > Études de cas.
Nationalisme et sports > Texas > Laredo > Études de cas.
Base-ball > Aspect social > Mexique > Nuevo Laredo > Études de cas.
Base-ball > Aspect social > Texas > Laredo > Études de cas.
Cities and towns > Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions > Case studies.
Nationalism and sports > Mexico > Nuevo Laredo > Case studies.
Nationalism and sports > Texas > Laredo > Case studies.
Baseball > Social aspects > Mexico > Nuevo Laredo > Case studies.
Baseball > Social aspects > Texas > Laredo > Case studies.
Texas > Laredo.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexico > Nuevo Laredo.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Origins. One: A Brief History of the Two Laredos ; Two: Early Baseball on the Border ; Three: Nationalizing the Game
  • Part Two: Becoming Tecos. Four: The Players and the Team ; Five: Culture and Masculinity on the Tecos
  • Part Three: The River Joins and the River Divides. Six: 1993: The Best of Times ; Seven: 1994: The Worst of Times.

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