Baseball Beyond Our Borders
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-0-8032-7682-6 (ISBN)
Baseball Beyond Our Borders celebrates the globalization of the game while highlighting the different histories and cultures of the nations in which the sport is played.
This collection of essays tells the story of America’s national pastime as it has spread across the world and undergone instructive, entertaining, and sometimes quirky changes in the process. Covering nineteen countries and a U.S. territory, the contributors show how each country imported baseball, how baseball took hold and developed, how it is organized, played, and followed, and what local and regional traits tell us about the sport’s place in each culture.
But what lies in store as baseball’s passport fills up with far-flung stamps? Will the international migration of players homogenize baseball? What role will the World Baseball Classic play? These are just a few of the questions the authors pose.
George Gmelch is a professor of anthropology at the University of San Francisco and Union College in upstate New York. He is the author or editor of thirteen books, including Playing with Tigers: A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties (Nebraska, 2016). Daniel A. Nathan is a professor and chair of American studies at Skidmore College. He is the editor of Rooting for the Home Team: Sport, Community, and Identity and past president of the North American Society for Sport History.
Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Around the Horn George Gmelch and Daniel A. Nathan Part 1. The Americas 1. Cuba: The Curtain Begins to Fall Tim Wendel 2. Dominican Republic: From Paternalism to Parity Alan Klein 3. Puerto Rico: A Major League Stepping-Stone Franklin Otto and Thomas E. Van Hyning 4. Canada: Internationalizing America's National Pastime Colin Howell 5. Mexico: Baseball's Humble Beginnings to Budding Competitor Jorge Iber 6. Nicaragua: In Search of Diamonds Dan Gordon 7. Venezuela: The Passion and Politics of Baseball Arturo J. Marcano and David P. Fidler 8. Brazil: Baseball Is Popular, and the Players Are (Mainly) Japanese! Carlos Azzoni, Tales Azzoni, and Wayne Patterson Part 2. Asia 9. Japan: "No Matter What Happens, Stand Up" Dan Gordon 10. Japan: Professional Baseball Enters the Twenty-First Century William W. Kelly 11. Korea: Straw Sandals and Strong Arms Joseph A. Reaves 12. China: A Century and a Half of Bat Ball Joseph A. Reaves 13. Taiwan: Baseball, Colonialism, Nationalism, and Other Inconceivable Things Andrew D. Morris Part 3. The Pacific 14. Australia: Baseball's Curious Journey Rick Burton 15. Tasmania: Baseball Struggles to Survive George Gmelch 16. New Zealand: Baseball between British Traditions Greg Ryan Part 4. The Middle East 17. Israel: From the Desert to Jupiter ... and Beyond William Ressler Part 5. Africa 18. South Africa: The Battle for Baseball Marizanne Grundlingh Part 6. Europe 19. Italy: No Hot Dogs in the Bleachers Peter Carino 20. Holland: An American Coaching Honkbal Harvey Shapiro 21. Great Britain: Baseball's Battle for Respect in the Land of Cricket, Rugby, and Soccer Josh Chetwynd 22. Finland: Pesapallo, Baseball Finnish Style Mikko Hyvarinen Part 7. World Baseball Classic 23. The World Baseball Classic: Conflicts and Contradictions Robert Elias Afterword George Gmelch and Daniel A. Nathan Source Acknowledgments Contributors Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.02.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 28 photographs, 3 illustrations, 2 graphs, 1 table, index |
| Verlagsort | Lincoln |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8032-7682-6 / 0803276826 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8032-7682-6 / 9780803276826 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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