Mexican American Baseball in Houston and Southeast Texas - 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 Houston and Southeast Texas write by Richard A. Santillán, Joseph Thompson, Mikaela Selley, William Lange, Gregory Garrett . This book was released on 2017. Mexican American Baseball in Houston and Southeast Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mexican American Baseball in Houston and Southeast Texas pays tribute to the baseball and softball players and teams from Houston, Sugar Land, Texas City, Richmond, and other surrounding communities in the region. Since the early 1900s, this game has had an important role in the lives of area Mexican Americans. In the Houston barrios, when entrenched discriminatory practices obstructed city unity, the diamond brought people together. In the Sugar Land region, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and Anglos worked and played together, blurring racial lines. Baseball and softball built community pride and connected generations of Mexican American families. The wonderful stories and breathtaking images in this book help resurrect the rich and little-known history of Mexican American baseball and softball in this key part of Texas.
Mexican American Baseball in Houston and Southeast Texas
Mexican American Baseball in Houston and Southeast Texas - 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 Houston and Southeast Texas write by Richard A. Santillán. This book was released on 2017-07-03. Mexican American Baseball in Houston and Southeast Texas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mexican American Baseball in Houston and Southeast Texas pays tribute to the baseball and softball players and teams from Houston, Sugar Land, Texas City, Richmond, and other surrounding communities in the region. Since the early 1900s, this game has had an important role in the lives of area Mexican Americans. In the Houston barrios, when entrenched discriminatory practices obstructed city unity, the diamond brought people together. In the Sugar Land region, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and Anglos worked and played together, blurring racial lines. Baseball and softball built community pride and connected generations of Mexican American families. The wonderful stories and breathtaking images in this book help resurrect the rich and little-known history of Mexican American baseball and softball in this key part of Texas.
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 the Alamo Region
Mexican American Baseball in the Alamo Region - 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 Alamo Region write by Richard A. Santillán, Jorge Iber, Grace G. Charles, Alberto Rodríguez, and Gregory Garrett . This book was released on 2015. Mexican American Baseball in the Alamo Region available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mexican American Baseball in the Alamo Region celebrates the game as it was played in the Tejano and Tejana communities throughout Texas. This regional focus explores the importance of the game at a time when Spanish-speaking people were demanding cultural acceptance and their political and civil rights in cities like San Antonio, Corpus Christi, New Braunfels, San Diego, Kingsville, and Pleasanton. All had thriving Mexican American communities that found comfort in the game and pride in their abilities on the field. On these pages are historical images and wonderful stories that are now immortalized, taking their rightful place in the annuals of the game. ¡Viva Tejas, Viva Béisbol, y Viva los Peloteros!
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.
