Title

University Scholar Series: Joel Franks

Authors

Joel Franks, San Jose State University

Files

Streaming Media

Description

Batter Up!: Race, Colonization, and Baseball in the Twentieth Century

On April 24, 2013 Joel Franks spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Provost Ellen Junn at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Dr. Joel Franks spoke about race, colonization, and baseball in the twentieth century. Dr. Franks teaches Asian American Studies and American Studies. He has done extensive research and writing in the area of Asian Pacific American sports. His most recent work, The Barnstorming Hawaiian Travelers: A Multiethnic Baseball Team Tours the Mainland, 1912- 1916, tells the story of a multiethnic, multiracial team of Hawaiian ballplayers who played across the continental U.S. from 1912 through 1916. This book sheds light on a little known tale of baseball, race, and colonization in the United States during the early decades of the twentieth century.

Date of Event

Spring 4-24-2013

Keywords

Hawaii, baseball, Asian Pacific Americans, Sports

Disciplines

Asian American Studies

Comments

1 streaming video file (60 min.) : digital, sound, color. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Recommended Citation

Franks, Joel, "University Scholar Series: Joel Franks" (2013). University Scholar Series. 17.
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/uss/17