University Press of America
Pages: 322
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-4744-1 • Paperback • December 2009 • $62.99 • (£48.00)
978-0-7618-4745-8 • eBook • December 2009 • $59.50 • (£46.00)
Joel Franks is an instructor in Asian American and American studies at San Jose State University. Most recently, he has published Asian American Pacific Americans and Baseball: A History (2008), while engaged in a book-length study of the Hawaiian Travelers baseball team prominently explored in this book.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Chapter One: Sports and Asian Pacific American Communities
Chapter 4 Chapter Two: The Ring and the Mat
Chapter 5 Chapter Three: Bats and Balls
Chapter 6 Chapter Four: Touchdowns and Goals
Chapter 7 Chapter Five: Courts and Communities
Chapter 8 Chapter Six: The Duke and Aquatic Sports
Chapter 9 Chapter Seven: From Tiger to Michelle
Chapter 10 Chapter Eight: Asian Pacific American Sporting Experiences in a Comparative Perspective
Chapter 11 Postscript
Chapter 12 Selected Bibliograpy
Chapter 13 Index
Chapter 14 About the Author