Baseball beyond our borders : an international pastime /
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| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Around the Horn; Part 1. The Americas; 1. Cuba: The Curtain Begins to Fall; 2. Dominican Republic: From Paternalism to Parity; 3. Puerto Rico: A Major League Stepping-Stone; 4. Canada: Internationalizing America's National Pastime; 5. Mexico: Baseball's Humble Beginnings to Budding Competitor; Part 2. Asia; 9. Japan: "No Matter What Happens, Stand Up"; 10. Japan: Professional Baseball Enters the Twenty- First Century; 11. Korea: Straw Sandals and Strong Arms
- 12. China: A Century and a Half of Bat Ball13. Taiwan: Baseball, Colonialism, Nationalism, and Other Inconceivable Things; Part 3. The Pacific; 14. Australia: Baseball's Curious Journey; 15. Tasmania: Baseball Struggles to Survive; 16. New Zealand: Baseball between British Traditions; Part 4. The Middle East; 17. Israel: From the Desert to Jupiter . . . and Beyond; Part 5. Africa; 18. South Africa: The Battle for Baseball; Part 6. Europe; 19. Italy: No Hot Dogs in the Bleachers; 20. Holland: An American Coaching Honkbal
- 21. Great Britain: Baseball's Battle for Respect in the Land of Cricket, Rugby, and Soccer22. Finland: Pesäpallo, Baseball Finnish Style; Part 7. World Baseball Classic; 23. The World Baseball Classic: Conflicts and Contradictions; Afterword; Source Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index