Playing America's game : baseball, Latinos, and the color line /

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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,...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Burgos, Adrian, Jr., 1969-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Collection:American crossroads ; 23.
Sujets:
Hispanic American baseball players > History.
Baseball > United States > History.
Racism in sports > United States > History.
Joueurs de base-ball américains d'origine latino-américaine > Histoire.
Racisme dans les sports > États-Unis > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Essays & Writings.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Statistics.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
Baseball
Hispanic American baseball players
Race relations
Racism in sports
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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