21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Baseball on the Border
Alan M. Klein
€ 53.36
€ 42.15
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Baseball on the Border
Paperback. Playing in the storied Mexican League (an AAA affiliate of major league baseball), the "Tecos" had home parks on both sides of the US-Mexico border, in Laredo, Texas and in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. This book tells the story of the rise and demise of this team. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 halftones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
From 1985 to 1994 there existed a significant but unheralded experiment in professional baseball. For ten seasons, the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (The Owls of the Two Laredos) were the only team in professional sports to represent two nations. Playing in the storied Mexican League (an AAA affiliate of major league baseball), the "Tecos" had home parks on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, in Laredo, Texas and in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. In true border fashion, Mexican and American national anthems were played before each game, and the Tecos were operated by interests in both cities. Baseball on the ... Read more
From 1985 to 1994 there existed a significant but unheralded experiment in professional baseball. For ten seasons, the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (The Owls of the Two Laredos) were the only team in professional sports to represent two nations. Playing in the storied Mexican League (an AAA affiliate of major league baseball), the "Tecos" had home parks on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, in Laredo, Texas and in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. In true border fashion, Mexican and American national anthems were played before each game, and the Tecos were operated by interests in both cities. Baseball on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691007441
SKU
V9780691007441
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Alan M. Klein
Alan M. Klein is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University. He is the author of Sugarball: The American Game, The Dominican Dream, and Little Big Men: Bodybuilding Subculture and Gender Construction.
Reviews for Baseball on the Border
Winner of the 1997 Book of the Year, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport "This work is a superb lab experiment in the hands of a competent anthropologist like Klein as he tries to separate fantasy from reality in this dual cultural baseball experiment... An excellent book."
Bill Kirwin, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Social Policy Perspectives ... Read more
Bill Kirwin, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Social Policy Perspectives ... Read more