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Asian American basketball : a century of sport, community and culture / Joel S. Franks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franks, Joel S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Basketball--United States--History.
- Basketball.
- Pacific Islander Americans.
- Sports.
- History.
- Asian Americans.
- Basketball players.
- United States.
- Basketball players--United States--History.
- Asian Americans--Sports--History.
- Pacific Islander Americans--Sports--History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 271 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "This comprehensive history of Asian American basketball discusses how these players first found a sense of community in the game, and competed despite an atmosphere of anti-Asian bigotry in historical and contemporary America"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Pre-1945 Ethnic Community Basketball 25
- 2 Asian American Community Basketball, 1945-1965 66
- 3 Crossing Sidelines: Asian Americans and Intercultural Basketball to 1945 95
- 4 Crossing Sidelines, 1945-1965 120
- 5 Asian American College and Professional Hoops to 1965 139
- 6 Asian American Hoops, Cosmopolitan Canopies, and Cultural Democracy Since 1965 184.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786497188
- 0786497181
- OCLC:
- 945121330
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