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More Than Just Peloteros
Jorge . Ed(S): Iber
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""Examines the history of Latino/a athletes in American sports, including baseball, boxing, football, basketball, and horse racing. Also evaluates the role of sports in Spanish-speaking culture in the US." Editor(s): Iber, Jorge. Series: Sport in the American West. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 617.
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
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Sport in the American West
Number of Pages
320
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896729070
SKU
V9780896729070
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About Jorge . Ed(S): Iber
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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