wyszukanych pozycji: 9
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Asian Pacific Americans and Baseball: A History
ISBN: 9780786432912 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) With the rise of stars such as Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, and now Daisuke Matsuzaka, fans today can easily name players from the island country of Japan. Less widely known is that baseball has long been played on other Pacific islands, in pre-statehood Hawaii, for instance, and in Guam, Samoa and the Philippines. For the multiethnic peoples of these U.S. possessions, the learning of baseball was actively encouraged, some would argue as a means to an unabashedly colonialist end.As early as the deadball era, Pacific Islanders competed against each other and against mainlanders on the diamond,...
With the rise of stars such as Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, and now Daisuke Matsuzaka, fans today can easily name players from the island country of Jap...
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166,12 |
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The Barnstorming Hawaiian Travelers: A Multiethnic Baseball Team Tours the Mainland, 1912-1916
ISBN: 9780786465668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This book chronicles the Hawaiian Travelers, a barnstorming baseball team of multiethnic, multiracial Hawaiians, who played across the continental continent from 1912 through 1916. This team took on college, semi-professional, minor league, and African American nines. In the process, they won the majority of these games, while subverting venerable racial conventions. It also describes the experiences of some of these players after 1916 as they sought baseball careers on the East Coast of the U.S. mainland. Significantly, this book will shed light on a generally untold story about baseball,...
This book chronicles the Hawaiian Travelers, a barnstorming baseball team of multiethnic, multiracial Hawaiians, who played across the continental con...
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166,12 |
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From Honolulu to Brooklyn: Running the American Empire's Base Paths with Buck Lai and the Travelers from Hawai'i
ISBN: 9781978829251 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
146,29 |
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Asian American Basketball: A Century of Sport, Community and Culture
ISBN: 9780786497188 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) When Jeremy Lin began to knock down shots for the New York Knicks early in 2012, many Americans became aware for the first time that Asian Americans actually play basketball. Indeed, long before Lin startled the NBA world, Asian Americans have not only played basketball, but have played it with passion and skill. This book provides a comprehensive history of Asian American basketball. It traces how Asian Americans have used basketball to provide them a sense of community. It examines how through basketball Asian Americans have traversed racial and ethnic barriers. It demonstrates that perhaps...
When Jeremy Lin began to knock down shots for the New York Knicks early in 2012, many Americans became aware for the first time that Asian Americans a...
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166,12 |
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From Honolulu to Brooklyn: Running the American Empire's Base Paths with Buck Lai and the Travelers from Hawai'i
ISBN: 9781978829268 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
609,72 |
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Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures: Sport and Asian Pacific American Cultural Citizenship
ISBN: 9780761821250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures crosses disciplines in order to examine an unexplored facet of American racial and ethnic experiences-Asian Pacific American participation in sports. Joel S. Franks examines the experiences of famous and not so famous Asian Pacific American athletes from the late 1800s to the present. Through the stories of athletes such as swimmer Duke Kahanamoku and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, Franks demonstrates how Asian Pacific Americans have overcome discrimination and stereotypes to cross the cultural barriers that separate them from other American racial and...
Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures crosses disciplines in order to examine an unexplored facet of American racial and ethnic experiences-Asian Paci...
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253,65 |
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Asians and Pacific Islanders in American Football: Historical and Contemporary Experiences
ISBN: 9781498560993 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
195,11 |
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Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures: Sport and Asian Pacific American Cultural Citizenship, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780761847441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This updated edition explores the vibrant community of Asian Pacific Americans through sports. This book tells intriguing tales of athletes, such as aquatic legend Duke Kahanamoku and diving gold medalist Vicki Manalo, but has been expanded to include Tiger Woods, Tim Lincicum, Troy Polamalu and other current athletes.
This updated edition explores the vibrant community of Asian Pacific Americans through sports. This book tells intriguing tales of athletes, such as a...
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234,13 |
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California and the Making of Modern Sport
ISBN: 9781041015062 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
707,28 |