Pitching democracy : baseball and politics in the Dominican Republic /
Yoder, April,
Pitching democracy : baseball and politics in the Dominican Republic / April Yoder. - First edition. - xi, 215 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. - Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture . - Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Baseball, democracy, and Latin America in the Cold War -- Mens sana in corpore sano : baseball and trujillista politics -- Politics at the plate : the threat of communism and the showcase for democracy -- Criticizing baseball, debating democracy -- Así se hace patria : baseball and the Bloodless Revolution -- Sliding into third : the Cibao Summer League and baseball as development -- Making the majors : the baseball industry and Dominican democracy.
"This book focuses on the history of baseball in the Dominican Republic, especially the sport's political ramifications. Yoder argues that Dominicans kept their sense of democratic idealism in part because they were intertwined with the aspirations of baseball as it developed into a transnational industry. Baseball became economically central to the Dominican Republic at the same time as the country was turning toward concerns of development, resulting in an economic and political "Third Way" that drew from both the Cuban and US models"--
9781477326763 1477326766 9781477327166 1477327169
2022023746
GBC313362 bnb
020931282 Uk
Baseball--Political aspects--Dominican Republic.
Baseball--History.--Dominican Republic
Baseball--Economic aspects--Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic--Politics and government.
Pitching democracy : baseball and politics in the Dominican Republic / April Yoder. - First edition. - xi, 215 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. - Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture . - Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Baseball, democracy, and Latin America in the Cold War -- Mens sana in corpore sano : baseball and trujillista politics -- Politics at the plate : the threat of communism and the showcase for democracy -- Criticizing baseball, debating democracy -- Así se hace patria : baseball and the Bloodless Revolution -- Sliding into third : the Cibao Summer League and baseball as development -- Making the majors : the baseball industry and Dominican democracy.
"This book focuses on the history of baseball in the Dominican Republic, especially the sport's political ramifications. Yoder argues that Dominicans kept their sense of democratic idealism in part because they were intertwined with the aspirations of baseball as it developed into a transnational industry. Baseball became economically central to the Dominican Republic at the same time as the country was turning toward concerns of development, resulting in an economic and political "Third Way" that drew from both the Cuban and US models"--
9781477326763 1477326766 9781477327166 1477327169
2022023746
GBC313362 bnb
020931282 Uk
Baseball--Political aspects--Dominican Republic.
Baseball--History.--Dominican Republic
Baseball--Economic aspects--Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic--Politics and government.