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Mexican American baseball in South Texas
- 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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GV863.T4 S37 2016 | Off-site |
Details
- 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
- Subject
- Baseball > Texas, South > History
- Baseball > Texas, South > History > Pictorial works
- Mexican American baseball players > Texas, South
- Mexican American baseball players > Texas, South > Pictorial works
- Baseball > Texas > History > 20th century
- Baseball > Texas > History > 20th century > Pictorial works
- HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- PHOTOGRAPHY > Subjects & Themes > Sports
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies
- SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History
- Baseball
- Mexican American baseball players
- South Texas
- 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
- OCLC
- ocn945105690
- SCSB-9427502
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library