Playing America's Game

Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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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' 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-06-04
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAmerican Crossroads
Antal sidor384
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520251434

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Adrian Burgos Jr., is Assistant Professor of History at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was a contributing author to Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African American Baseball (2006), served on the Screening and Voting Committees for the National Baseball Hall of Fame's 2006 Special Election on the Negro Leagues, and consulted on the Hall's !Beisbol_Baseball! The Shared Pastime project.

List 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

"Fascinating" New York Times "If you want to understand the Latino experience in baseball, read this book." Slate Magazine "The best book yet on the history of Latinos in American baseball." Beyondchron "Burgos does a thorough job of describing this system of skirting the color line, as well as its effects." -- Stephen Ellsesser Mlb.com "Superb and, in many ways, path breaking ... A must-read for any serious fan of baseball." San Francisco Chronicle "Excellent book." -- Dan Brown San Jose Mercury News "Burgos has written a well-conceptualized, prodigiously researched, and cogently argued book." Journal Of American History "An enlightened look at Latino players in baseball and their underappreciated efforts in defeating the sport's 'color line.'" Seattle Post-Intelligencer "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." Choice "Burgos [uses] baseball to provide a more sophisticated and subtle account of the intersections between race and culture in America." -- Braham Dabscheck Labour History "A groundbreaking work." Centro: Journal Of Ctr For Puerto Rican Std