Mexican American Baseball in the Alamo Region

by Jorge Iber, Grace Guajardo Charles, Gregory Lyndon Garrett

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467133388
• ISBN13: 9781467133388
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.5" x 9.1"