MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2011028195
003 DLC
005 20120210082536.0
008 110707s2011 ncuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011028195
020 $a9780786463848 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786463848 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn689522314
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050 00 $aGV863.155$b.H47 2011
082 00 $a796.357098$223
100 1 $aHernández, Lou,$d1958-
245 14 $aThe rise of the Latin American baseball leagues, 1947-1961 :$bCuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela /$cLou Hernández.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2011.
300 $aix, 402 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aBaseball$zLatin America$xHistory.
650 0 $aBaseball$zUnited States$xHistory.