TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yoder,April
TI  - Pitching democracy: baseball and politics in the Dominican Republic 
T2  - Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
SN  - 9781477326763
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Baseball
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Dominican Republic
KW  - History
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -