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Stealing lives : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz
- Title
- Stealing lives : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / Arturo J. Marcano Guevara and David P. Fidle.
- Author
- Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Fidler, David P.
- Description
- 252 p. : 1 map; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-245) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-1561
- ISBN
- 0253341914 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002005638
- OCLC
- 49583249
- Author
- Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-
- Title
- Stealing lives : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / Arturo J. Marcano Guevara and David P. Fidle.
- Imprint
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-245) and index.
- Added Author
- Fidler, David P.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-1561