The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924

The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924

While baseball is typically associated with the United States for most Western readers, the sport was already being played in Cuba, Japan, and the Dominican Republic before the United States fully realized its own Major League system. During the First World War, the United States invaded and occupie...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Larson, Karl
Format: Others
Published: North Dakota State University 2018
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28646
id ndltd-ndsu.edu-oai-library.ndsu.edu-10365-28646
record_format oai_dc
spelling ndltd-ndsu.edu-oai-library.ndsu.edu-10365-286462021-09-28T17:11:19Z The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924 Larson, Karl While baseball is typically associated with the United States for most Western readers, the sport was already being played in Cuba, Japan, and the Dominican Republic before the United States fully realized its own Major League system. During the First World War, the United States invaded and occupied Santo Domingo in an attempt to maintain hegemony in the Western Hemisphere. Dominican intellectuals in the capital city utilized baseball in their nation-building endeavor, seeking to prove that not only were they capable of performing their own westernization, but that Santo Domingo was the modern heir of ancient Athens in the New World. 2018-07-16T17:37:08Z 2018-07-16T17:37:08Z 2017 text/thesis https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28646 NDSU Policy 190.6.2 https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf application/pdf North Dakota State University
collection NDLTD
format Others
sources NDLTD
description While baseball is typically associated with the United States for most Western readers, the sport was already being played in Cuba, Japan, and the Dominican Republic before the United States fully realized its own Major League system. During the First World War, the United States invaded and occupied Santo Domingo in an attempt to maintain hegemony in the Western Hemisphere. Dominican intellectuals in the capital city utilized baseball in their nation-building endeavor, seeking to prove that not only were they capable of performing their own westernization, but that Santo Domingo was the modern heir of ancient Athens in the New World.
author Larson, Karl
spellingShingle Larson, Karl
The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
author_facet Larson, Karl
author_sort Larson, Karl
title The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
title_short The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
title_full The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
title_fullStr The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
title_full_unstemmed The Emperors of Sport: Dominican Baseball during the US Occupation of the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
title_sort emperors of sport: dominican baseball during the us occupation of the dominican republic, 1916-1924
publisher North Dakota State University
publishDate 2018
url https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28646
work_keys_str_mv AT larsonkarl theemperorsofsportdominicanbaseballduringtheusoccupationofthedominicanrepublic19161924
AT larsonkarl emperorsofsportdominicanbaseballduringtheusoccupationofthedominicanrepublic19161924
_version_ 1719485704665300992

Similar Items