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- catalog abstract ""In his comprehensive and vibrant picture of baseball in Cuba, Milton H. Jamail explores the sport's relationship to U.S. baseball. Jamail, whose personal love of the game matches that of the Cubans, examines the roots and traditions of baseball on the island and explains why Cubans play such excellent baseball. His analysis of the development of Cuban baseball after the 1959 takeover by Fidel Castro includes a detailed description of the formation of the Cuban amateur baseball system that has dominated international competitions for more than three decades."-- BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11647137.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In his comprehensive and vibrant picture of baseball in Cuba, Milton H. Jamail explores the sport's relationship to U.S. baseball. Jamail, whose personal love of the game matches that of the Cubans, examines the roots and traditions of baseball on the island and explains why Cubans play such excellent baseball. His analysis of the development of Cuban baseball after the 1959 takeover by Fidel Castro includes a detailed description of the formation of the Cuban amateur baseball system that has dominated international competitions for more than three decades."-- BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Larry Dierker -- 1. Cuban Baseball and the United States -- 2. "It Begins with the Dreams of Their Fathers": Baseball and National Identity in Cuba -- 3. Beisbol Revolucionario: The Best Amateur Baseball in the World -- 4. How Ten Million Managers Learn about Baseball -- 5. "We Work Up from the Dream Too Late": Crisis in Cuban Baseball -- 6. The Defectors -- 7. The Defection of the Banned -- 8. The Return of Rendimiento: The 37th and 38th Series Nacionales -- 9. "Bring on the Gold Rush": Major League Baseball and Cuba -- 10. Beyond the Embargo and Fidel -- Epilogue: From the Bay of Pigs to Baltimore.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 182 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Full count.".
- catalog identifier "0809323109 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Full count.".
- catalog isPartOf "Writing baseball".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press,".
- catalog relation "Full count.".
- catalog spatial "Cuba.".
- catalog subject "796.357/097291 21".
- catalog subject "Baseball Cuba.".
- catalog subject "Baseball Social aspects Cuba.".
- catalog subject "GV863.25.A1 J26 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Larry Dierker -- 1. Cuban Baseball and the United States -- 2. "It Begins with the Dreams of Their Fathers": Baseball and National Identity in Cuba -- 3. Beisbol Revolucionario: The Best Amateur Baseball in the World -- 4. How Ten Million Managers Learn about Baseball -- 5. "We Work Up from the Dream Too Late": Crisis in Cuban Baseball -- 6. The Defectors -- 7. The Defection of the Banned -- 8. The Return of Rendimiento: The 37th and 38th Series Nacionales -- 9. "Bring on the Gold Rush": Major League Baseball and Cuba -- 10. Beyond the Embargo and Fidel -- Epilogue: From the Bay of Pigs to Baltimore.".
- catalog title "Full count : inside Cuban baseball / Milton H. Jamail with a foreword by Larry Dierker.".
- catalog type "text".