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020 _z0253341914 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 _aCaPaEBR
_cCaPaEBR
035 _a(OCoLC)608388698
050 1 4 _aGV880.22
_b.M37 2002eb
082 0 4 _a796.357/089/68
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100 1 _aMarcano Guevara, Arturo J.,
_d1968-
245 1 0 _aStealing lives
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz /
_cArturo J. Marcano Guevara and David P. Fidle.
260 _aBloomington :
_bIndiana University Press,
_cc2002.
300 _a252 p. :
_b1 map ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-245) and index.
505 0 _aThe "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 -- "Pap�a, 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2009.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 1 0 _aQuiroz, Alexis.
610 2 0 _aMajor League Baseball (Organization)
_xCorrupt practices.
650 0 _aBaseball players
_xRecruiting
_zLatin America.
650 0 _aBaseball players
_xAbuse of
_zLatin America.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in sports
_zUnited States.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aFidler, David P.
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10083753
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c65902
_d65902