The American Indian integration of baseball /

For many the entry of Jackie Robinson into Major League Baseball in 1947 marked the beginning of integration in professional baseball, but the entry of American Indians into the game during the previous half-century and the persistent racism directed toward them is not as well known. From the time t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Powers-Beck, Jeffrey P., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004.
Colección:North American Indian thought and culture.
Temas:
Baseball > Social aspects > United States > History.
Indian baseball players > United States > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Indians of North America > Social conditions.
Base-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Joueurs de base-ball des Peuples autochtones > États-Unis > Histoire.
Discrimination dans les sports > États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Essays & Writings.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Statistics.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Baseball > Social aspects
Discrimination in sports
Indian baseball players
Indians of North America > Social conditions
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Chief"--the American Indian integration of baseball
  • Carlisle Indian Industrial School baseball
  • The Nebraska Indians baseball team
  • Bender, Meyers, and Thorpe in the big leagues
  • The many trails of Louis Leroy
  • George Howard Johnson's career in professional baseball
  • The baseball legend of Moses Yellow Horse
  • Epilogue: anti-Indian caricature in major league baseball.

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