Playing in isolation : a history of baseball in Taiwan / Junwei Yu.

Author: Yu, Junwei
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2007]
Copyright Date: ©2007
Physical Description: xvii, 217 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents

Wooden-ball finds a home, 1895-1945 -- The golden era of baseball, 1946-1967 -- The myth of Hongye and the LLB championship, 1968-1974 -- A drastic decline in baseball's population, 1975-1989 -- The birth of professional baseball, 1990-1995 -- Multiple crises, 1996-2001 -- The 2001 world cup : a turning point?

Subject(s)

Baseball—Taiwan—History
Baseball players—Taiwan—History

ISBN

9780803211407 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803211406 (cloth : alk. paper)

Collection

Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-203) and index.

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