Baseball on the border : a tale of two Laredos /

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Author / Creator:Klein, Alan, 1946-
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, c1997.
Description:xiv, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Baseball -- Social aspects -- Texas -- Laredo -- Case studies.
Baseball -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Nuevo Laredo -- Case studies.
Nationalism and sports -- Texas -- Laredo -- Case studies.
Nationalism and sports -- Mexico -- Nuevo Laredo -- Case studies.
Cities and towns -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Baseball -- Social aspects.
Cities and towns -- Social conditions.
Nationalism and sports.
Mexico -- Nuevo Laredo.
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Texas -- Laredo.
Case studies.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2618866
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ISBN:0691011982 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index.
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From 1985 to 1994 the baseball club Los Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Owls of the Two Laredos) of the Mexican League existed as a binational enterprise playing a portion of its games each season in Neuvo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and Laredo, Texas. Separated by only a few hundred feet of the Rio Grande, these two cities are closely tied through shared history, culture, and economies. Klein begins with brief histories of the two Laredos; baseball in the border country; developments in the Mexican League since 1940, particularly the leadership of Jorge Pasquel and the "baseball wars" between the Mexican League and US major leagues; and the Neuvo Laredo teams (La Junta and Los Tecolotes) during the years before becoming binational. Other chapters present biographical sketches of selected team members and administrators and aspects of players expressions of masculinity. Finally, the playing seasons of 1993 and 1994, when Klein spent several weeks with the Tecolotes, are described in some detail, including relations and attitudes of Mexican and Anglo ("Import") players and glimpses of management and fans. Appendixes discuss nationalism and its relation to sport, and the methodologies and approaches employed in this study. Extensive notes reveal the breadth of Klein's research and provide many sources for further reading in ethnography, nationalism, and Mexican-US border studies. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. R. McGehee; Southeastern Louisiana University

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