Mexican Americans and sports : a reader on athletics and barrio life

Mexican Americans and sports : a reader on athletics and barrio life / edited by Jorge Iber and Samuel O. Regalado.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Iber, Jorge, 1961-, Regalado, Samuel O. (Samuel Octavio), 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Sports.
Mexican Americans > Recreation.
Mexican American athletes.
Mexican American athletes > Social conditions.
Sports > United States > History.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Mexican American athletes
Mexican Americans > Recreation
Sports
Mexikanischer Einwanderer
Sport
United States
USA
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The foot runners conquer Mexico and Texas : endurance racing, indigenismo, and nationalism / Mark Dyreson
  • Peloteros in paradise : Mexican American baseball and oppositional politics in Southern California, 1930-1950 / José M. Alamillo
  • Los heroes del domingo : soccer, borders, and social spaces in Great Lakes Mexican communities, 1940-1970 / Juan Javier Pescador
  • Wearing the red, white, and blue trunks of Aztlán : Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales and the convergence of American and Chicano nationalism / Tom I. Romero II
  • On-field foes and racial misconceptions : the 1961 Donna Redskins and their drive to the Texas State football championship / Jorge Iber
  • Read all about it! : the Spanish-language press, the Dodgers, and the Giants, 1958-1982 / Samuel O. Regalado
  • Raza boxing : community, identity, and hybridity in the 1960s and 1970s in Southern California / Gregory S. Rodríguez
  • Beating the odds : Mexican American distance runners in Texas, 1950-1995 / Alexander Mendoza
  • Advance at your own risk : Latinas, families, and collegiate softball / Katherine M. Jamieson
  • Invisible identity : Mexican American sport and Chicano historiography / Samuel O. Regalado.

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