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Asian American basketball : a century of sport, community and culture / Joel S. Franks.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | GV885.7 .F73 2016 | Off-site |
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- 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"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780786497188
- 0786497181
- LCCN
- ^^2016008798
- OCLC
- 945121330
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library