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Mexican Americans and sports : a reader on athletics and barrio life / edited by Jorge Iber and Samuel O. Regalado.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexican Americans--Sports.
- Mexican Americans.
- Mexican Americans--Recreation.
- Mexican American athletes.
- Mexican American athletes--Social conditions.
- Sports--United States--History.
- Sports.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 261 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Athletics and Chicano/a Life, 1930-2005 / Jorge Iber 1
- The Foot Runners Conquer Mexico and Texas: Endurance Racing, Indigenismo, and Nationalism / Mark Dyreson 19
- Peloteros in Paradise: Mexican American Baseball and Oppositional Politics in Southern California, 1930-1950 / Jose M. Alamillo 50
- Los Heroes del Domingo: Soccer, Borders, and Social Spaces in Great Lakes Mexican Communities, 1940-1970 / Juan Javier Pescador 73
- Wearing the Red, White, and Blue Trunks of Aztlan: Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales and the Convergence of American and Chicano Nationalism / Tom I. Romero II 89
- On-field Foes and Racial Misconceptions: The 1961 Donna Redskins and Their Drive to the Texas State Football Championship / Jorge Iber 121
- Read All about It! The Spanish-language Press, the Dodgers, and the Giants, 1958-1982 / Samuel O. Regalado 145
- Raza Boxing: Community, Identity, and Hybridity in the 1960s and 1970s in Southern California / Gregory S. Rodriguez 160
- Beating the Odds: Mexican American Distance Runners in Texas, 1950-1995 / Alexander Mendoza 188
- Advance at Your Own Risk: Latinas, Families, and Collegiate Softball / Katherine M. Jamieson 213
- Invisible Identity: Mexican American Sport and Chicano Historiography / Samuel O. Regalado 233.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781585445523
- 1585445525
- 9781585445516
- 1585445517
- OCLC:
- 64453287
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