Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

Pitching democracy, baseball and politics in the Dominican Republic, April Yoder

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Pitching democracy

bibliography

1333157578

April Yoder

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

baseball and politics in the Dominican Republic

"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"--, Provided by publisher

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

Baseball and politics in the Dominican Republic