Asian Pacific Americans and Baseball: A History

by Joel S. Franks

With the rise of stars such as Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, and now Daisuke Matsuzaka, fans today can easily name players from the island country of Japan. Less widely known is that baseball has long been played on other Pacific islands, in pre-statehood Hawaii, for instance, and in Guam, Samoa and the Philippines. For the multiethnic peoples of these U.S. possessions, the learning of baseball was actively encouraged, some would argue as a means...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786432918
• ISBN13: 9780786432912
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher