Mexican American Baseball in El Paso - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mexican American Baseball in El Paso write by Richard A. Santillan, Eric Enders, Pete G. Flores, Donavan Lopez, and Jorge Iber . This book was released on 2017. Mexican American Baseball in El Paso available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mexican American Baseball in El Paso chronicles the vibrant and colorful history of baseball in the El Paso-Juárez border region. For more than a century, baseball along the border has served as a means of bringing together people of all backgrounds, races, and nationalities, from the fly-by-night teams of the Pancho Villa era to the fabled semiprofessional clubs of the Lower Valley League. For the area's Mexican and Mexican American citizens, storied teams like the Juárez Indios, Fabens Merchants, 1949 Bowie Bears, and El Paso Diablos served as both community rallying points and signposts of cultural identity. From the legendary semiprofessional players of decades past to the most recent major leaguers, this book presents the photographic history of baseball in America's largest border community.
Mexican American Baseball in El Paso
Mexican American Baseball in El Paso - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mexican American Baseball in El Paso write by Richard A. Santillan. This book was released on 2017-07-24. Mexican American Baseball in El Paso available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mexican American Baseball in El Paso chronicles the vibrant and colorful history of baseball in the El Paso-Juárez border region. For more than a century, baseball along the border has served as a means of bringing together people of all backgrounds, races, and nationalities, from the fly-by-night teams of the Pancho Villa era to the fabled semiprofessional clubs of the Lower Valley League. For the area's Mexican and Mexican American citizens, storied teams like the Juárez Indios, Fabens Merchants, 1949 Bowie Bears, and El Paso Diablos served as both community rallying points and signposts of cultural identity. From the legendary semiprofessional players of decades past to the most recent major leaguers, this book presents the photographic history of baseball in America's largest border community.
Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles
Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles write by Francisco E. Balderrama. This book was released on 2011-02-21. Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Images of Baseball: Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles celebrates the flourishing culture of the great pastime in East Los Angeles and other communities where a strong sense of Mexican identity and pride was fostered in a sporting atmosphere of both fierce athleticism and social celebration. From 1900, with the establishment of the Mexican immigrant community, to the rise of Fernandomania in the 1980s, baseball diamonds in greater Los Angeles were both proving grounds for youth as they entered their educations and careers, and the foundation for the talented Forty-Sixty Club, comprised of players of at least 40, and often over 60, years of age. These evocative photographs look back on the great Mexican American teams and players of the 20th century, including the famous Chorizerosthe proclaimed Yankees of East L.A.
Mexican American Baseball in the San Fernando Valley
Mexican American Baseball in the San Fernando Valley - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mexican American Baseball in the San Fernando Valley write by Richard A. Santillan. This book was released on 2015-10-19. Mexican American Baseball in the San Fernando Valley available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mexican American Baseball in the San Fernando Valley explores the teams and players that dotted the valley landscape throughout the 20th century. In a time and place where Mexican Americans were closed off from many city recreation centers, neighborhoods formed their own teams. Baseball and softball reinforced community and regional ties, strengthened family bonds, instilled discipline and dedication that translated into future professional careers, provided women opportunities outside their traditional roles in the home, and fostered lifelong friendships. These photographs serve as a lens to both local sports history and Mexican American history.
Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles
Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles write by Richard A. Santillán, Richard Peña, Teresa M. Santillán, Al Padilla and Bob Lagunas. This book was released on 2016. Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles highlights the unforgettable teams, players, and coaches who graced the hallowed fields of East Los Angeles between 1917 and 2016 and brought immense joy and honor to their neighborhoods. Off the field, these players and their families helped create the multibillion-dollar wealth that depended on their backbreaking labor. More than a game, baseball and softball were political instruments designed to promote and empower civil, political, cultural, and gender rights, confronting head-on the reactionary forces of prejudice, intolerance, sexism, and xenophobia. A century later, baseball and softball are more popular than ever in East Los Angeles. Dedicated coaches still produce gifted players and future community leaders. These breathtaking photographs and heartfelt stories shed unparalleled light to the long and rich history of baseball and softball in the largest Mexican American community in the United States.
