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Product details
- ISBN 9780786497188
- Weight: 386g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 May 2016
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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When Jeremy Lin began to knock down shots for the New York Knicks in 2012, many Americans became aware for the first time that Asian Americans actually play basketball. Indeed, long before Lin shook up the NBA, Asian Americans played the game with passion and skill, and many excelled at high school, college and professional hoops. This comprehensive history of Asian American basketball discusses how these players first found a sense of community in the game, and competed despite an atmosphere of anti-Asian bigotry in historical and contemporary America.
Joel S. Franks is an emeritus Professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at San Jose State University, and has written several books on Asian American and Pacific Islander sport history. He lives in Washington DC.
