Pitching Democracy : : Baseball and Politics in the Dominican Republic / / April Yoder.
From Juan Marichal and Pedro Martínez to Albert Pujols and Juan Soto, Dominicans have long been among Major League Baseball’s best. How did this small Caribbean nation become a hothouse of baseball talent? To many fans, the answer is both obvious and disconcerting: pro teams use their riches to deve...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (229 p.) :; 18 b&w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Baseball, Democracy, and Latin America in the Cold War
- ONE Mens sana in corpore sano: Baseball and Trujillista Politics
- TWO Politics at the Plate: The Threat of Communism and the Showcase for Democracy
- THREE Criticizing Baseball, Debating Democracy
- FOUR Así se hace patria: Baseball and the Bloodless Revolution
- FIVE Sliding into Third: The Cibao Summer League and Baseball as Development
- SIX Making the Majors: The Baseball Industry and Dominican Democracy
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index