02641nam 2200649 a 450 991081813820332120240417222848.00-252-09453-01-299-14791-7(CKB)2550000001000877(OCoLC)828140135(CaPaEBR)ebrary10655810(SSID)ssj0000835830(PQKBManifestationID)11461953(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835830(PQKBWorkID)10997414(PQKB)11130878(StDuBDS)EDZ0000340927(MdBmJHUP)muse25133(Au-PeEL)EBL3414223(CaPaEBR)ebr10655810(CaONFJC)MIL446041(OCoLC)923497133(MiAaPQ)EBC3414223(EXLCZ)99255000000100087720120413d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNikkei baseball Japanese American players from immigration and internment to the major leagues /Samuel O. Regalado1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20131 online resource (205 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-252-07883-7 0-252-03735-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Baseball in Nikkei America -- 2. The New Bushido -- 3. Transplanted Cherries -- 4. Baseball Is It! -- 5. The Courier League -- 6. Barbed Wire Baseball -- 7. Catching Up -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.This volume examines baseball's evolving importance to the Japanese American community and the construction of Japanese American identity. Originally introduced in Japan in the late 1800's, baseball was played in the United States by Japanese immigrants first in Hawaii, then San Francisco and northern California, then in amateur leagues up and down the Pacific Coast.Japanese American baseball playersBiographyDiscrimination in sportsUnited StatesHistoryBaseballUnited StatesHistoryJapanese American baseball playersDiscrimination in sportsHistory.BaseballHistory.796.3570922BRegalado Samuel O(Samuel Octavio),1953-1601052MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818138203321Nikkei baseball4000961UNINA