Pitching democracy : baseball and politics in the Dominican Republic /

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Author / Creator:	Yoder, April, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	xi, 215 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	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.
Subject:	Baseball -- Political aspects -- Dominican Republic. Baseball -- Dominican Republic -- History. Baseball -- Economic aspects -- Dominican Republic. Baseball. Baseball -- Economic aspects. Baseball -- Political aspects. Politics and government. Dominican Republic -- Politics and government. Dominican Republic. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12785267

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ISBN:	9781477326763 1477326766 9781477327166 1477327169 9781477326770 9781477326787
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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"--

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