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C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Athletics and Chicano/a Life, 1930–2005 1 jorge iber The Foot Runners Conquer Mexico and Texas: Endurance Racing, Indigenismo, and Nationalism 19 mark dyreson Peloteros in Paradise: Mexican American Baseball and Oppositional Politics in Southern California, 1930–1950 50 josé m. alamillo Los Heroes del Domingo: Soccer, Borders, and Social Spaces in Great Lakes Mexican Communities, 1940–1970 73 juan javier pescador Wearing the Red, White, and Blue Trunks of Aztlán: Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales and the Convergence of American and Chicano Nationalism 89 tom i. romero ii v On-field Foes and Racial Misconceptions: The 1961 Donna Redskins and Their Drive to the Texas State Football Championship 121 jorge iber Read All about It! The Spanish-language Press, the Dodgers, and the Giants, 1958–1982 145 samuel o. regalado Raza Boxing: Community, Identity, and Hybridity in the 1960s and 1970s in Southern California 160 gregory s. rodríguez Beating the Odds: Mexican American Distance Runners in Texas, 1950–1995 188 alexander mendoza Advance at Your Own Risk: Latinas, Families, and Collegiate Softball 213 katherine m. jamieson Invisible Identity: Mexican American Sport and Chicano Historiography 233 samuel o. regalado List of Contributors 247 Index 251 vi C O N T E N T S ...

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