03097nam 2200673Ia 450 991046210440332120200520144314.01-4696-0183-40-8078-8266-6(CKB)2670000000169491(EBL)877293(OCoLC)784885365(SSID)ssj0000642255(PQKBManifestationID)11372022(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642255(PQKBWorkID)10648650(PQKB)10995202(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245407(MiAaPQ)EBC877293(OCoLC)797838824(MdBmJHUP)muse23404(MiAaPQ)EBC4321966(Au-PeEL)EBL877293(CaPaEBR)ebr10565455(Au-PeEL)EBL4321966(CaPaEBR)ebr11149752(CaONFJC)MIL929720(EXLCZ)99267000000016949120111107d2012 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrTranspacific field of dreams[electronic resource] how baseball linked the United States and Japan in peace and war /Sayuri Guthrie-ShimizuChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20121 online resource (345 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-2204-1 0-8078-3562-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Pacific Crossings; CHAPTER 2. Colonial Baseball; CHAPTER 3. Leagues of Their Own; CHAPTER 4. The Business of Baseball; CHAPTER 5. Empires of Fun and Games; A section of illustrations; CHAPTER 6. Spartan Leagues; CHAPTER 7. A Field of New Dreams; CHAPTER 8. The Search for Postwar Order; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;Baseball has joined America and Japan, even in times of strife, for over 150 years. After the ""opening"" of Japan by Commodore Perry, Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu explains, baseball was introduced there by American employees of the Japanese government tasked with bringing Western knowledge and technology to the country, and Japanese students in the United States soon became avid players. In the early twentieth century, visiting Japanese warships fielded teams that played against American teams, and a Negro League team arranged tours to Japan. By the 1930's, professional baseball was organizedBaseballPolitical aspectsJapanBaseballPolitical aspectsUnited StatesJapanForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsJapanElectronic books.BaseballPolitical aspectsBaseballPolitical aspects796.357Guthrie-Shimizu Sayuri1037290MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462104403321Transpacific field of dreams2458158UNINA