Playing America's game
Subtitle: baseball, Latinos, and the color line
By: Adrian Burgos, Jr.
Series: American crossroads -- 23
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780520251434; 9780520236462
Subjects: Hispanic American baseball players -- History; Baseball -- United States -- History; Racism in sports -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-344) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Latinos play America's game; title: A national game emerges; title: Early maneuvers; title: Holding the line; title: Baseball should follow the flag; title: "Purest bars of Castilian soap"; title: Making Cuban stars; title: Becoming Cuban senators; title: Playing in the world Jim Crow made; title: Latinos and baseball's integration; title: Troubling the waters; title: Latinos and baseball's global turn; title: Saying it is So-sa!; title: Conclusion: Still playing America's game.