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Asian American basketball : a century of sport, community and culture
- Title
- Asian American basketball : a century of sport, community and culture / Joel S. Franks.
- Author
- Franks, Joel S.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-9183 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- vii, 271 pages; 23 cm
- 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"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pre-1945 ethnic community basketball -- Asian American community basketball, 1945-1965 -- Crossing sidelines : Asian Americans and intercultural basketball to 1945 -- Crossing sidelines, 1945-1965 -- Asian American college and professional hoops to 1965 -- Asian American hoops, cosmopolitan canopies, and cultural democracy since 1965 -- Epilogue: The lessons of "Linsanity" and other musings.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-9183
- ISBN
- 9780786497188
- 0786497181
- LCCN
- 2016008798
- OCLC
- 945121330
- Author
- Franks, Joel S., author.
- Title
- Asian American basketball : a century of sport, community and culture / Joel S. Franks.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-9183