More Than Just Peloteros: Sport and U.S. Latino Communities
Jorge Iber (Ed.)
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Although the Latino/a population of the United States has exploded since the 1960s, an analysis of its place in the history of American sport has, until recently, been sorely underrepresented. The thoughtful and coherent essays in More Than Just Peloteros demonstrate that participation in sport and recreation develops identity and involvement in the lives of Spanish-speaking people throughout what is now the United States. The articles feature accounts of eras and events as varied as the Latino experience itself, including horse racing in colonial San Antonio, boxing in New York City, baseball in the barrios of 1930s Chicago, basketball in ... Read more
Although the Latino/a population of the United States has exploded since the 1960s, an analysis of its place in the history of American sport has, until recently, been sorely underrepresented. The thoughtful and coherent essays in More Than Just Peloteros demonstrate that participation in sport and recreation develops identity and involvement in the lives of Spanish-speaking people throughout what is now the United States. The articles feature accounts of eras and events as varied as the Latino experience itself, including horse racing in colonial San Antonio, boxing in New York City, baseball in the barrios of 1930s Chicago, basketball in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Sport in the American West
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896729087
SKU
V9780896729087
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jorge Iber (Ed.)
Jorge Iber is a professor of history and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas Tech University, USA. Over the past 10 years, he has written and published widely on the topic of the participation of Latinos/as in the history of U.S. sports.
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