Outside the paint when basketball ruled at the Chinese playground /

• Main Author: Yep, Kathleen S.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2009.
• Series: Asian American history and culture.
• Subjects: Basketball > California > San Francisco.; Playgrounds > California > San Francisco.; Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco.; Basketball > History. > United States; SPORTS & RECREATION > Basketball.; Basketball.; Chinese Americans.; Playgrounds.; Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.); California > San Francisco.; California > Chinatown. > San Francisco; United States.; Electronic books.; History.
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Breaking out of Chinatown by shooting and dribbling.

Table of Contents:

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 The Chinese Playground
• 2 The Hong Wah Kues Discover America
• 3 The Mei Wahs Knew How to Use Their Elbows and Push
• 4 "Mr. Chinese Cager" Plays Madison Square Garden
• 5 Helen Wong and the "Muscle Molls"
• Conclusion: The Chinese Playground and Yao Ming in the Era of Globalized Sports
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.