Japanese American Baseball in California: A History - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kerry Yo Nakagawa, Tom Seaver (Foreword by), Noriyuki Pat Morita (Preface by)Publish date:2014-07-29Pages:226
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540210715ISBN-10:1540210715UPC:9781540210715Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Baseball, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:History, AmericanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCZNAQA95A
Japanese American Baseball in California: A History
Four generations of Japanese Americans broke down racial and cultural barriers in California by playing baseball. Behind the barbed wire of concentration camps during World War II, baseball became a tonic of spiritual renewal for disenfranchised Japanese Americans who played America's pastime while illegally imprisoned. Later, it helped heal resettlement wounds in Los Angeles, San Francisco, the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540210715ISBN-10:1540210715UPC:9781540210715Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Baseball, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:History, AmericanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCZNAQA95A
Nakagawa, Kerry Yo: - While coaching his son's little league team in Fresno, California, Kerry Yo Nakagawa was inspired to preserve the legacy of Japanese American baseball and culture for future generations, and that evolved into a full-time non-profit project, the Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP), and the previous version of this updated book. The NBRP exhibit Diamonds in the Rough" has...
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