Raceball : how the Major Leagues colonized the Black and Latin game /

Raceball : how the Major Leagues colonized the Black and Latin game /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ruck, Rob, 1950-
Imprint:	Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2011.
Description:	xiii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Major League Baseball (Organization) -- History. Major League Baseball (Organization) Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States. Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History. Baseball -- United States -- History. African American baseball players. Hispanic American baseball players. African American baseball players. Baseball. Baseball -- Social aspects. Discrimination in sports. Hispanic American baseball players. Social conditions United States -- Social conditions. Latin America -- Social conditions. Caribbean Area -- Social conditions. Caribbean Area. Latin America. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8350249

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Varying Form of Title:	Race ball
ISBN:	9780807048054 (hardcover : alk. paper) : $25.95 0807048054 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-257) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1. The Gospel of Baseball
Chapter 2. Blackball's Heyday
Chapter 3. A Latin Challenge
Chapter 4. The Winds of War
Chapter 5. Integration's Curse
Chapter 6. iViva México!
Chapter 7. New Caribbean Currents
Chapter 8. Whiteout
Chapter 9. The Rise of the Academies
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index