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The rise of the Latin American baseball leagues, 1947-1961 : Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela / Lou Hernández.
Van Pelt Library GV863.155 .H47 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hernández, Lou, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--Latin America--History.
- Baseball.
- Baseball--United States--History.
- History.
- United States.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2011]
- Summary:
- "This history of Latin American baseball during the 1940s and 1950s provides an in-depth, year-by-year chronicle of leagues in the primary baseball-playing areas in the region: Mexico, the Caribbean, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Panama. The success of these leagues ushered in a new era of contract concessions from owners"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Mexican League, 1955-1960 3
- 2 Dominican Winter League, 1955-1961 48
- 3 Nicaraguan Winter League, 1955-1957 74
- 4 Cuban Winter League, 1947-1961 93
- 5 Panamanian Winter League, 1948-1961 181
- 6 Puerto Rican Winter League, 1948-1961 229
- 7 Venezuelan Winter League, 1948-1961 315.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786463848
- 0786463848
- OCLC:
- 689522314
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