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Baseball without borders : the international pastime / edited by George Gmelch.
- Title
- Baseball without borders : the international pastime / edited by George Gmelch.
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska, c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | GV867 .B36 2006 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Gmelch, George.
- Description
- xxii, 326 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Baseball
- Note
- "A Bison original"--P. [4] of cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Japan: changing of the guard in high school baseball / Dan Gordon -- Japan: the Hanshin Tigers and Japanese Professional Baseball / William W. Kelly -- China: silk gowns and gold gloves / Joseph A. Reaves -- Taiwan: baseball, colonialism, and nationalism / Andrew Morris -- Korea: straw sandals and strong arms / Joseph A. Reaves -- Dominican Republic: forging an international industry / Alan Klein -- Cuba: behind the curtain / Tim Wendel -- Cuba: community, fans, and ballplayers / Thomas Carter -- Puerto Rico: a major league steppingstone / Thomas E. Van Hyning and Franklin Otto -- Nicaragua: in search of diamonds / Dan Gordon -- Brazil: baseball is popular, and the players are Japanese! / Carlos Azzoni, Tales Azzoni, and Wayne Patterson -- Canada: internationalizing America's national pastime / Colin Howell -- Italy: no hotdogs in the bleachers / Peter Carino -- Holland: an American coaching honkbal / Harvey Shapiro -- Great Britain: baseball's battle for respect in the land of cricket, rugby, and soccer / Josh Chetwynd -- - Australia: baseball down under / Joseph Clark -- Afterword: is baseball really global? / George Gmelch.
- ISBN
- 0803271255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780803271258
- LCCN
- ^^2006007738
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library