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Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line Volume 23
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Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line Volume 23 Paperback - 2007 - 1st Edition

by Adrian Burgos


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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-344) and index.

From the rear cover

"Adrian Burgos is one of best young historians currently working the baseball beat. This is essential reading, not just for baseball aficionados, but anyone interested in the history of American race and ethnic relations."--Jules Tygiel, author of Extra Bases: Reflections on Jackie Robinson, Race, and Baseball History

"Playing America's Game is a terrific addition to the growing literature in Latino history. It is the most comprehensive and nuanced treatment of Latinos and professional baseball."--Vicki L.Ruiz, author of From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America

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  • Title Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line Volume 23
  • Author Adrian Burgos
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date 2007-06-04
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780520251434 / 0520251431
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations, Baseball - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007002883
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 08/01/2007, Page 95
  • Multicultural Review, 12/01/2007, Page 67

About the author

Adrian Burgos Jr., is Assistant Professor of History at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was a contributing author to Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African American Baseball (2006), served on the Screening and Voting Committees for the National Baseball Hall of Fame's 2006 Special Election on the Negro Leagues, and consulted on the Hall's Bisbol_Baseball! The Shared Pastime project.
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