Baseball without Borders: The International Pastime

Baseball without Borders: The International Pastime
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A televised baseball game from Puerto Rico, Japan, or even Cuba might look a lot like the North American game. Beneath the outward similarities, howeverâ€”the uniforms and equipment and basic rulesâ€”there is usually a very different history and culture influencing the nuances of the sport. These differences are what interest the authors of Baseball without Borders, a book about America's national pastime going global and undergoing instructive, entertaining, and sometimes curious changes in the process. The contributors, leading authorities on baseball in the fourteen nations under consideration, look at how the game was importedâ€”how it took hold and developed, how it is organized, played, and followedâ€”and what these local and regional trends and features say about the sport's place in particular cultures.
Organized by regionâ€”Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Pacificâ€”and written by journalists, historians, anthropologists, and English professors, these original essays reflect diverse perspectives and range across a refreshingly wide array of subjects: from high school baseball in Japan and Little League in Taiwan to fan behavior in Cuba and the politics of baseball in China and Korea.
Country USA
Brand Bison Books
Manufacturer Bison Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1, black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780803271258
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Bison Books
Manufacturer	Bison Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1, black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780803271258
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Baseball without Borders: The International Pastime

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