Asian American Basketball

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Asian American Basketball is written by Joel S. Franks and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476620490 (ISBN 10) and 9781476620497 (ISBN 13).

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.