Klein, Alan M., 1946-

Growing the game the globalization of major league baseball / [electronic resource] : Alan M. Klein. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. - viii, 279 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.

Introduction -- The crisis at the core -- The Kansas City Royals : shopping without a credit card -- The Los Angeles Dodgers : bright lights, big market -- The Dominican Republic : fishing where the fish are -- Japan : emerging from the feudal eclipse -- Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom : the European backwater -- South Africa : baseball and the new politics -- When will there be a real world series?


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Baseball--Economic aspects.
Globalization.
Sports and globalization.


Electronic books.

GV880 / .K54 2006eb

331.88/11796357