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Forgotten Dead - Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 (Hardcover)
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Forgotten Dead - Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 (Hardcover)
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Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the
southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim
Crow era. This book uncovers what is by contrast a neglected
chapter in the story of American racial violence, the lynching of
persons of Mexican origin or descent. Over eight decades lynch mobs
murdered hundreds of Mexicans, mostly in the American Southwest.
Racial prejudice, a lack of respect for local courts, and economic
competition all fueled the actions of the mob. Sometimes it was
ordinary citizens who committed these acts because of the alleged
failure of the criminal justice system; other times the culprits
were law enforcement officers themselves. Violence also occurred
against the backdrop of continuing tensions along the border
between the United States and Mexico aggravated by criminal raids,
military escalation, and political revolution. Based on exhaustive
research on both sides of the border, the first half of Forgotten
Dead explores the characteristics and causes of mob violence
against Mexicans across time and place. The second half of the book
relates the numerous acts of resistance by Mexicans including armed
self-defense, crusading journalism, and lobbying by diplomats who
pressured the United States to honor its rhetorical commitment to
democracy. In reconstructing these stories, the authors provide
detailed case studies and assess how Mexican lynching victims came
in the minds of many Americans to be the "forgotten dead." The
conclusion of the book also contains the first-ever inventory of
Mexican victims of mob violence in the United States. With Latinos
having an increasingly powerful influence on American public life,
this book provides a timely account of their historical struggle
for recognition of civil and human rights.
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