Asian American Basketball

A Century of Sport, Community and Culture

Joel S Franks author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:6th May '16

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Asian American Basketball cover

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.

Asian American Basketball provides a strong historical context for understanding the role of basketball in Asian American communities”—Sport in American History.

ISBN: 9780786497188

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm

Weight: 386g

280 pages