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Stealing lives : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / / Arturo J. Marcano Guevara and David P. Fidle
| Stealing lives : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / / Arturo J. Marcano Guevara and David P. Fidle |
| Autore | Marcano Guevara Arturo J. <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 252 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina | 796.357/089/68 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FidlerDavid P |
| Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - Recruiting - Latin America
Baseball players - Abuse of - Latin America Discrimination in sports - United States |
| ISBN |
1-282-07188-2
9786612071881 0-253-10950-7 0-253-10956-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball -- The globalization of baseball -- The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent -- Exploitation and mistreatment in the global ballpark, the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz -- "Papá, I want to play baseball!" -- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817946803321 |
Marcano Guevara Arturo J. <1968->
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| Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , 2002 | ||
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