Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter One: Sports and Asian Pacific American Communities Chapter 4 Chapter Two: The Ring and the Mat Chapter 5 Chapter Three: Bats and Balls Chapter 6 Chapter Four: Touchdowns and Goals Chapter 7 Chapter Five: Courts and Communities Chapter 8 Chapter Six: The Duke and Aquatic Sports Chapter 9 Chapter Seven: From Tiger to Michelle Chapter 10 Chapter Eight: Asian Pacific American Sporting Experiences in a Comparative Perspective Chapter 11 Postscript Chapter 12 Selected Bibliograpy Chapter 13 Index Chapter 14 About the Author

About the Author

Joel Franks is an instructor in Asian American and American studies at San Jose State University. Most recently, he has published Asian American Pacific Americans and Baseball: A History (2008), while engaged in a book-length study of the Hawaiian Travelers baseball team prominently explored in this book.