Playing America's Game Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line

Name: Playing America's Game Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line
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ISBN: 9780520251434

ISBN-10: 0520251431

ISBN-13: 9780520251434

Edition: 2007

Authors: Adrian Burgos, Adrian Burgos

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Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos 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. Burgos draws on archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and English-language publications and interviews with Negro league and major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Adrian Burgos, Jr., is Assistant Professor of History at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Latinos Play America's Game



The Rise of America's Game and the Color Line



A National Game Emerges



Early Maneuvers



Holding the Line



Latinos and the Racial Divide



Baseball Should Follow the Flag



"Purest Bars of Castilian Soap"



Making Cuban Stars



Becoming Cuban Senators



Playing in the World Jim Crow Made



Beyond Integration



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



Pioneering Latinos


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index