The rise of the Latin American baseball leagues, 1947-1961

"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.