- Additional Authors
- Fidler, David P.
- Description
- 1 online resource (252 p.) : 1 map.
- Uniform Title
- Stealing lives (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Stealing lives (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-245) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2002005638
- OCLC
- ssj0000251280
- Author
Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-
- Title
Stealing lives [electronic resource] : 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.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Fidler, David P.