South of the Color Barrier

How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration

von John Virtue

240 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book tells the story of how Mexican multimillionaire businessman Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League hastened the integration of major league baseball. During the decade that preceded Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier, almost 150 players from the Negro League played in Mexico, most of them recruited by Pasquel.

• Reihe: McFarland
• ISBN: 9780786432936
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.10.2007
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.