02119nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10194306 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070125s2007 caua sb s001 0 eng 2007002883 GBA722349 bnb 013699270 Uk 9780520236462 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520236467 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520251434 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520251431 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)560322577 n-us--- GV863.A1 B844 2007eb 796.357 22 Burgos, Adrian, 1969- Playing America's game [electronic resource] : baseball, Latinos, and the color line / Adrian Burgos, Jr. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007. xx, 362 p. : ill. American crossroads ; 23 Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-344) and index. Introduction: Latinos play America's game -- A national game emerges -- Early maneuvers -- Holding the line -- Baseball should follow the flag -- "Purest bars of Castilian soap" -- Making Cuban stars -- Becoming Cuban senators -- Playing in the world Jim Crow made -- 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Hispanic American baseball players History. Baseball United States History. Racism in sports United States History. United States Race relations. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. American crossroads ; 23. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10194306 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 221451 221451