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Author:

Garc©Ưa, Ignacio M., author.

Title:

When Mexicans could play ball : basketball, race, and identity in San Antonio, 1928-1945 / by Ignacio M. Garc©Ưa.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xii, 270 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Basketball--San Antonio.--San Antonio.
Basketball--Social aspects--San Antonio.--San Antonio.
Sports--San Antonio--San Antonio--History.
Mexican Americans--San Antonio.--San Antonio.
Mexican Americans--Social life and customs.
San Antonio (Tex.)--Social conditions.
Hispanic American basketball players--San Antonio.--San Antonio.

Other Authors:

University of Texas Press.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The punch heard 'round the barrio -- A coach comes to Sidney Lanier -- Mexicans can play, but not everyone is pleased -- Lanier makes its run at State and finds its first stars -- Sidney Lanier: an American-Mexican landscape -- War comes to the West Side, and Lanierites respond -- Adjusting to war and getting back to State -- The Voks finally make it to the top -- On the summit looking up -- The Rodr©Ưguez boys must be stopped -- An era comes to an end, but a school remains.

ISBN:

0292753772 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292753778 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)847528996

LCCN:

2013008527

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)