Joel S. Franks Books

Asian American basketball
Asian American basketball

By Joel S. Franks

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"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 histor...

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Whose Baseball
Whose Baseball

By Joel S. Franks

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The barnstorming Hawaiian Travelers
The barnstorming Hawaiian Travelers

By Joel S. Franks

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""A serious and illuminating study of race, color and ethnicity in pre-World War I America. ... [t]he Travelers ... used baseball to prove themselves and to break down barriers and prejudices. Fran...

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Asian Pacific Americans and baseball
Asian Pacific Americans and baseball

By Joel S. Franks

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"Early on, Pacific Islanders competed against each other and against mainlanders, with teams barnstorming the States, winning more than they lost against college, semi-pro, and even professional ni...

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