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Letras históricas
versión On-line ISSN 2448-8372versión impresa ISSN 2007-1140
Resumen
ESPARZA ONTIVEROS, Miguel Ángel. For the country and for the race. The rise of athletics and the first marathon in Mexico City, 1892-1910. Let. hist. [online]. 2019, n.21, pp.139-163. Epub 24-Abr-2020. ISSN 2448-8372.
The present text has the aims to explain how was the process that led to the emergence of athletics in Mexico City and that allowed the organization of the first marathon. Athletics was introduced to the country by the Americans under the format of patriotic games, a model of celebration linked to the patriotic festivities that would later be adopted and used by Mexican society to make patriotic propaganda and to reconfigure its public image.
Palabras llave : Patriotic games; athletics; marathon; race; sport history.