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Mexican American baseball in South Texas / Richard A. Santillán [and four others] ; foreword by Emilio Zamora.

Title
Mexican American baseball in South Texas / Richard A. Santillán [and four others] ; foreword by Emilio Zamora.
Author
Santillan, Richard,
Publication
Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]

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Description
127 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
Mexican American Baseball in South Texas pays tribute to the former baseball teams and players from Edinburg, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Donna, Alamo, San Juan, Brownsville, Harlingen, and other surrounding communities. From the late 19th century through the 1950s, baseball in South Texas provided opportunities for nurturing athletic and educational skills, reaffirming ethnic identity, promoting political self-determination, developing economic autonomy, and reshaping gender roles for women. Games were special times where Mexican Americans found refuge from backbreaking work and prejudice. These unmatched photographs and stories shed light on the rich history of baseball in this region of Texas.
Series Statement
Images of baseball
Uniform Title
Images of baseball.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Contents
Upper Valley -- Lower Valley -- Baseball on the border and beyond -- The Lone Star State -- Battlefields and diamonds -- Coast to coast -- Field of dreams.
ISBN
  • 9781467116640
  • 1467116645
LCCN
2016937028
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library