VIVA BASEBALL!: Latin Major Leaguers and Their Special Hunger (Sport and Society)
This history of Latinos in Major League Baseball from the 1800s to the early 1990s is extensively researched and authoritatively written. The author's interviews with such primary figures as Felipe Alou, Tony Oliva, and Tony Perez add depth and personality to the study. The progress recorded here is portrayed against a background of the players' struggles with strange foods, unfamiliar customs, a foreign culture, the language barrier, and the ever-present race issue in the United States. The author (history, California State Univ., Stanislaus) provides a political framework to the narrative?at times too much of one by typical baseball history standards. But, all in all, this is a good purchase for academic and large public libraries.?John M. Maxymuk, Rutgers Univ. Lib., Camden, NJCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.