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Playing America's game : baseball, Latinos, and the color line /
Latinos have been a significant presence in professional leagues from the beginning. Offering a study on Latinos and professional baseball since the 1880s, this book tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn: passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | American crossroads ;
23. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Latinos have been a significant presence in professional leagues from the beginning. Offering a study on Latinos and professional baseball since the 1880s, this book tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn: passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues, or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 362 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520940772 0520940776 9781435603851 1435603850 1433708817 9781433708817 1282772201 9781282772205 9786612772207 6612772204 |