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Las estrellas Orientales by Mark Kurlansky
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Las estrellas Orientales

Como el beisbol cambio el pueblo dominicano de San Pedro deMacoris

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Length 9 hours 43 minutes
Language Spanish
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Summary

Al final de la temporada de 2010, mas de ochenta y seis jovenes y hombres de la empobrocida ciudad de San Pedro de Macoris jugaban en las Grandes Ligas-lo que significa que uno de cada seis dominicanos de las Grandes Ligas vinieron de los mismos equipos locales de los ingenios azucareros, y acudieron en masa a los Estados Unidos en busca de oportunidades, de riqueza, y de una vida mejor. Pero este viaje es tambien una cronica del racismo en el beisbol, de la necesidad de cambiar las costumbres sociales del deporte en la Republica Dominicana y en los Estados Unidos, y de las historias personales de los hombres que han buscado escapar de la pobreza jugando beisbol. En Las estrellas orientales, Mark Kurlansky revela el amor de dos paises por un deporte, y descubre unos significados mas profundos sobre lugar e identidad, tenacidad y supervivencia, colonialismo y capitalismo, pero especialmente sobre el beisbol.

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