Baseball Without Borders The International Pastime

Name: Baseball Without Borders The International Pastime
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ISBN: 9780803271258

ISBN-10: 0803271255

ISBN-13: 9780803271258

Edition: 2006

Authors: George Gmelch

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A televised baseball game from Puerto Rico, Japan, or even Cuba might look a lot like the North American game. Beneath the outward similarities, however--the uniforms and equipment and basic rules--there is usually a very different history and culture influencing the nuances of the sport. These differences are what interest the authors of "Baseball without Borders", a book about America's national pastime going global and undergoing instructive, entertaining, and sometimes curious changes in the process. The contributors, leading authorities on baseball in the fourteen nations under consideration, look at how the game was imported--how it took hold and developed, how it is organized,…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 11/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Around the Horn




Asia



Japan: Changing of the Guard in High School Baseball




Japan: The Hanshin Tigers and Japanese Professional Baseball




China: Silk Gowns and Gold Gloves




Taiwan: Baseball, Colonialism, and Nationalism




Korea: Straw Sandals and Strong Arms




The Americas



Dominican Republic: Forging an International Industry




Cuba: Behind the Curtain




Cuba: Community, Fans, and Ballplayers




Puerto Rico: A Major League Steppingstone




Nicaragua: In Search of Diamonds




Brazil: Baseball Is Popular, and the Players Are Japanese!




Canada: Internationalizing America's National Pastime




Europe



Italy: No Hotdogs in the Bleachers




Holland: An American Coaching Honkbal




Great Britain: Baseball's Battle for Respect in the Land of Cricket, Rugby, and Soccer




The Pacific



Australia: Baseball Down Under



Afterword: Is Baseball Really Global?



The Contributors


Index