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200 10$aTranspacific field of dreams $ehow baseball linked the United States and Japan in peace and war /$fSayuri Guthrie-Shimizu
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2012
215   $a1 online resource (345 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-4696-2204-1 
311   $a0-8078-3562-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; 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;
330   $aBaseball 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 organized
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606   $aBaseball$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States
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607   $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zJapan
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