The Lynching of Mexicans in the Texas Borderlands (Paperback)

Winner of the 2018 NACCS Tejas Foco Non-Fiction Book Award. Winner of the 2017 Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association. More than just a civil war, the Mexican Revolution in 1910 triggered hostilities along the border between Mexico and the United States. In particular, the decade following the revolution saw a dramatic rise in the lynching of ethnic Mexicans in Texas. This book argues that ethnic and racial tension brought on by the fighting in the borderland made Anglo-Texans feel justified in their violent actions against Mexicans. They were able to use the legal system to their advantage, and their actions often went unpunished. Villanueva's work further differentiates the borderland lynching of ethnic Mexicans from the Southern lynching of African Americans by asserting that the former was about citizenship and sovereignty, as many victims' families had resources to investigate the crimes and thereby place the incidents on an international stage.

General

Imprint:	University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2018
Authors:	Nicholas Villanueva Jr
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-8263-6030-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	0-8263-6030-0
Barcode:	9780826360304

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