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Author Burgos, Adrian, 1969-

Title Playing America's game [electronic resource] : baseball, Latinos, and the color line / Adrian Burgos, Jr.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xx, 362 p. : ill.
Series American crossroads ; 23
American crossroads ; 23.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-344) and index.
Contents Introduction: Latinos play America's game -- A national game emerges -- Early maneuvers -- Holding the line -- Baseball should follow the flag -- "Purest bars of Castilian soap" -- Making Cuban stars -- Becoming Cuban senators -- Playing in the world Jim Crow made -- Latinos and baseball's integration -- Troubling the waters -- Latinos and baseball's global turn -- Saying it is So-sa! -- Conclusion: Still playing America's game.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Hispanic American baseball players -- History.
Baseball -- United States -- History.
Racism in sports -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520236462 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520236467 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520251434 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520251431 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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