{"product_id":"playing-americas-game-adrian-burgos-9780520251434","title":"Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line Volume 23","description":"Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn-passing as \"Spanish\" in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBurgos draws on archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and English-language publications and interviews with Negro league and major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes (\"Minnie\") Miso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Burgos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520251431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520251434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2007 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 67","brand":"Adrian Burgos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133151047935,"sku":"9780520251434","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44c14eca-0ac5-4a29-88fb-f12fc4db795b.jpg?v=1687484383","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/playing-americas-game-adrian-burgos-9780520251434","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}