Ebook: Asian American basketball: a century of sport, community and culture

"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"--;Pre-1945 ethnic community basketball -- Asian American community basketball, 1945-1965 -- Crossing sidelines : Asian Americans and intercultural basketball to 1945 -- Crossing sidelines, 1945-1965 -- Asian American college and professional hoops to 1965 -- Asian American hoops, cosmopolitan canopies, and cultural democracy since 1965 -- Epilogue: The lessons of "Linsanity" and other musings.