Béisbol / edited by Ilan Stavans.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stavans, Ilan
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Ilan Stavans library of Latino civilization.
Subjects:
Hispanic American baseball players > History.
Hispanic American baseball players > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:x, 133 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Series foreword by Ilan Stavans
  • Introduction by Ilan Stavans
  • Latinizing the "National Pastime" / Alan M. Klein
  • The globalization of baseball : A Latin American perspective / Angel Vargas
  • Latinos and Baseball's integration / Adrian Burgos, Jr.
  • Playing ball in a black and white "Field of dreams" : Afro-Caibbean ballplayers in the negro leagues, 1910-1950 / Adrian Burgos, Jr.
  • Roberto Clemente : Images, identity, and legacy / Samuel O. Regalado
  • "Latin players on the cheap" : Professional baseball recruitment in Latin America and the neocolonialist tradition / Samuel O. Regalado
  • Three kings day in Consuelo : Cricket, baseball, and the cocolos in San Pedro de Macoris / Rob Ruck
  • Select bibliography
  • Index
  • About the editor and contributors.