Last seasons in Havana : the Castro Revolution and the end of professional baseball in Cuba / César Brioso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brioso, César, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Cuba--History--20th century.

Baseball.

Baseball--Social aspects--Cuba.

Cuba--History.

Cuba.

Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.

Castro, Fidel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Last Seasons in Havana" explores how Castro's rise to power forever altered the future of Cuba and the course of a sport that had been ingrained in the island's culture for almost a century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. The House That Bobby Built

2. Winds of Change

3. Golden Age

4. "This Was a Shipwreck"

5. Year of the Pitcher

6. New Year's Revolution

7. Caribbean Spice

8. "Bullets Were Falling . . . Like Hailstones"

9. Title Town

10. Regarding Cienfuegos

11. The Last Series

12. International Tensions

13. The Last Season

14. Casualty of the Revolution

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4962-1377-7

1-4962-1379-3

OCLC:

1082136477