{"product_id":"mexican-americans-and-sports-jorge-iber-9781585445516","title":"Mexican Americans and Sports: A Reader on Athletics and Barrio Life","description":"For at least a century, across the United States, Mexican American athletes have actively participated in community-based, interscholastic, and professional sports. The people of the ranchos and the barrios have used sport for recreation, leisure, and community bonding. Until now, though, relatively few historians have focused on the sports participation of Latinos, including the numerically preponderant Mexican Americans. This volume gathers an important collection of such studies, arranged in rough chronological order, spanning the period from the late 1920s to the present. They survey and analyze sporting experiences and organizations, as well as their impact on communal and individual lives. Contributions spotlight diverse fields of athletic endeavor: baseball, football, soccer, boxing, track, and softball. \u003ci\u003eMexican Americans and Sports\u003c\/i\u003econtributes to the emerging understanding of the value of sport to minority populations in communities throughout the United States. Those interested in sports history will benefit from the book's focus on under-studied Mexican American participation, and those interested in Mexican American history will welcome the insight into this aspect of the group's social history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorge Iber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1585445517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781585445516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.30w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoder Hispanic\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2007 pg. 80","brand":"Jorge Iber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088594317567,"sku":"9781585445516","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43248197-252b-49d8-84f1-69cfa50c6865.jpg?v=1769105637","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mexican-americans-and-sports-jorge-iber-9781585445516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}