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American Crossroads Ser.: Playing America's Game : Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line by Adrian Burgos and Adrian Burgos Jr. (2007, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520236467
ISBN-139780520236462
eBay Product ID (ePID)57083525
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePlaying America's Game : Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line
Publication Year2007
SubjectEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Baseball / General, Sociology of Sports, History, United States / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSports & Recreation, Social Science, History
AuthorAdrian Burgos, Adrian Burgos Jr.
SeriesAmerican Crossroads Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-002883
ReviewsBurgos does a thorough job of describing this system of skirting the color line, as well as its effects., Burgos [uses] baseball to provide a more sophisticated and subtle account of the intersections between race and culture in America., "Burgos does a thorough job of describing this system of skirting the color line, as well as its effects."-- Mlb.com, "Superb and, in many ways, path breaking . . . A must-read for any serious fan of baseball."-- San Francisco Chronicle, An enlightened look at Latino players in baseball and their underappreciated efforts in defeating the sport's 'color line.', Burgos Jr. is an historian and has a professional's comfort with original-source documents, first-person accounts, and archival treasure hunts. His book reclaims the game's forgotten stars and championship squads., Well organized and expertly referenced, this is a book for anyone interested in the history of race in the US, ethnic relations, and, of course, baseball.
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal796.357
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introductions: Latinos Play America's Game PART ONE: THE RISE OF AMERICA'S GAME AND THE COLOR LINE 1. A National Game Emerges 2. Early Maneuvers 3. Holding the Line PART TWO: LATINOS AND THE RACIAL DIVIDE 4. Baseball Should Follow the Flag 5. "Purest Bars of Castilian Soap" 6. Making Cuban Stars 7. Becoming Cuban Senators 8. Playing the World Jim Crow Made PART THREE: BEYOND INTEGRATION 9. Latinos and Baseball's Integration 10. Troubling the Waters 11. Latinos and Baseball's Global Turn 12. Saying It Is So-sa! Conclusion: Still Playing America's Game Appendix: Pioneering Latinos Notes Selected Bibliography Index
SynopsisAlthough 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 racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ("Minnie") Minoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa., 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 racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ("Minnie") Miñoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa., In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos, Jr., tells a compelling, human 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. This is because segregation, and the indelible mark it left on our national collective memory, was not limited to Jim Crow laws in the South. It involved official and unofficial acts on all levels by which access to public and private facilities was restricted along racial lines. Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in professional leagues from the beginning. Burgos delves into archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico and draws on Spanish- and English-language publications as well as interviews with Negro league and major league players to argue for the centrality of Latino participants to the story of race in baseball. He vividly demonstrates how manipulations of racial distinctions, made in order to allow wider access to Latinos, provided the template for Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager Branch Rickey to pursue the dismantling of the racial barrier in his signing of Jackie Robinson. An extensive examination of Latino participation on either side of the racial divide before and after Rickey's historic move documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference persisted after integration for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes MiÑoso, Vic Power, and Roberto Clemente. Playing America's Game connects the past with the present and shows how racism continues in new forms, educating new generations to the characteristics that mark the Latino difference.
LC Classification NumberGV863.A1B844 2007
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