Joel S Franks

Gebundenes Buch

From Honolulu to Brooklyn

Running the American Empire's Base Paths with Buck Lai and the Travelers from Hawai'i

Beschreibung

Arguably the most famous baseball team outside of the major leagues in the early twentieth century, the Travelers from Hawai¿i barnstormed the American mainland from 1912 to 1916. During their journeys and after, team leader and star Buck Lai and his teammates encountered racism and colonialism while asserting their humanity in a variety of ways.

Autor

JOEL S. FRANKS is an emeritus professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science and Sociology at San Jose State University, California. He is the author of numerous books, including  Asians and Pacific Islanders in American Football: Historical and Contemporary Experiences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 4g
• ISBN-13: 9781978829268
• ISBN-10: 1978829264
• Artikelnr.: 63365325