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Author Ruck, Rob, 1950-

Title Raceball : how the Major Leagues colonized the Black and Latin game / Rob Ruck.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2011]
©2011

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 Moore Stacks  GV867.64 .R83 2011    Available  ---
Description xiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Originally published: 2011.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Gospel of baseball -- Blackball's heyday -- A Latin challenge -- The winds of war -- Integration's curse -- ¡Viva México! -- New Caribbean currents -- Whiteout -- The rise of the academies.
Summary By looking at this history from the vantage point of black America and the Caribbean, a more complex story comes into focus, one largely missing from traditional narratives of baseball's history. Raceball unveils a fresh and stunning truth: baseball has never been stronger as a business, never weaker as a game.
Subject Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States.
Baseball -- Social aspects.
United States.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in sports.
History.
Baseball -- United States -- History.
Baseball.
Major League Baseball (Organization) -- History.
Major League Baseball (Organization)
African American baseball players.
African American baseball players.
Hispanic American baseball players.
Hispanic American baseball players.
United States -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Latin America -- Social conditions.
Latin America.
Caribbean Area -- Social conditions.
Caribbean Area.
ISBN 9780807048054 alkaline paper
0807048054 alkaline paper
9780807048078 paperback
0807048070 paperback