El Beisbol: Travels Through the Pan-American Pastime
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Book Overview
A quirky, wry, and often hilarious odyssey through the baseball fields of Latin America--both sports book and travelogue, political reportage and meditation on New World identity. With wit and style,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0871133032
ISBN13:9780871133038
Release Date:April 1989
Publisher:Atlantic Monthly Press
Length:285 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Insightful & enjoyable mix of travel & cultural reportage.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book truly brings the world of Latin baseball to life. Mixing history, travel writing, sports enthusiasm & politics, Krich documents the (declining) importance of baseball in the Latin American countries closest to the US & its influence. He struggles on occasion because he alternately refutes & repeats stereotypes about Latinos, players & nonplayers alike. Some reference material (e.g. a reading list, maps, etc.) would make the book more useful, but overall it is both amusing & insightful, notably on the politics of baseball in US-Nicaraguan relations. Students in my Latin American history class have shown a keen interest in it. It should be brought back into print!
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