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10 produkter
Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures
Sport and Asian Pacific American Cultural Citizenship
Häftad, 2001
788 kr
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Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures crosses disciplines in order to examine an unexplored facet of American racial and ethnic experiences-Asian Pacific American participation in sports. Joel S. Franks examines the experiences of famous and not so famous Asian Pacific American athletes from the …
Asian Pacific Americans and Baseball
A History
Häftad, 2008
373 kr
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With the rise of stars such as Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, and now Daisuke Matsuzaka, fans today can easily name players from the island country of Japan. Less widely known is that baseball has long been played on other Pacific islands, in pre-statehood Hawaii, for instance, and in Guam, Samoa and …
Barnstorming Hawaiian Travelers
A Multiethnic Baseball Team Tours the Mainland, 1912-1916
Häftad, 2012
534 kr
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This book chronicles the Hawaiian Travelers, a barnstorming baseball team of multiethnic, multiracial Hawaiians, who played across the continental U.S. from 1912 through 1916. This team took on college, semi-professional, minor league, and African American nines. In the process, they won the …
Asian American Basketball
A Century of Sport, Community and Culture
Häftad, 2016
373 kr
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When Jeremy Lin began to knock down shots for the New York Knicks in 2012, many Americans became aware for the first time that Asian Americans actually play basketball. Indeed, long before Lin shook up the NBA, Asian Americans played the game with passion and skill, and many excelled at high …
California and the Making of Modern Sport
E-bok, 2025
829 kr
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This book examines the importance of California - a socio-cultural, economic and political powerhouse - in the history of modern sport. It argues that California has had a profound influence, for better or worse, on the way that not only America but also the wider world plays sport and spends money …
California and the Making of Modern Sport
E-bok, 2025
838 kr
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This book examines the importance of California - a socio-cultural, economic and political powerhouse - in the history of modern sport. It argues that California has had a profound influence, for better or worse, on the way that not only America but also the wider world plays sport and spends money …
California and the Making of Modern Sport
Inbunden, 2025
2600 kr
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This book examines the importance of California - a socio-cultural, economic and political powerhouse - in the history of modern sport. It argues that California has had a profound influence, for better or worse, on the way that not only America but also the wider world plays sport and spends money …
Asians and Pacific Islanders in American Football
Historical and Contemporary Experiences
Häftad, 2020
621 kr
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This book sheds light on experiences relatively underrepresented in academic and non-academic sport history. It examines how Asian and Pacific Islander peoples used American football to maintain a sense of community while encountering racial exclusion, labor exploitation, and colonialism. Through …
From Honolulu to Brooklyn
Running the American Empire's Base Paths with Buck Lai and the Travelers from Hawai'i
Häftad, 2022
427 kr
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From 1912 to 1916, a group of baseball players from Hawaiʻ i barnstormed the U.S. mainland. While initially all Chinese, the Travelers became more multiethnic and multiracial with ballplayers possessing Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian, and European ancestries. As a group and as individuals the …
From Honolulu to Brooklyn
Running the American Empire's Base Paths with Buck Lai and the Travelers from Hawai'i
Inbunden, 2022
1804 kr
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From 1912 to 1916, a group of baseball players from Hawaiʻ i barnstormed the U.S. mainland. While initially all Chinese, the Travelers became more multiethnic and multiracial with ballplayers possessing Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian, and European ancestries. As a group and as individuals the …
