Baseball on the border : a tale of two Laredos /

Baseball on the border : a tale of two Laredos /

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Bibliographic Details
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.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Pt. 1. Origins
1. A Brief History of the Two Laredos
2. Early Baseball on the Border
3. Nationalizing the Game
Pt. 2. Becoming Tecos
4. The Players and the Team
5. Culture and Masculinity on the Tecos
6. 1993: The Best of Times
7. 1994: The Worst of Times
Acknowledgments
Appendix A. Bibliographic Essay: Border and Nationalisms
Appendix B. Methods and Perspective260
Notes
Index