Militarizing the border : when Mexicans became the enemy /
As historian Miguel Antonio Levario explains in this timely book, current tensions and controversy over immigration and law enforcement issues centered on the US-Mexico border are only the latest evidence of a long-standing atmosphere of uncertainty and mistrust plaguing this region. Militarizing th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2012.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cowboys and bandidos: a reexamination of the Texas Rangers
- Muerte a los gringos: the Santa Ysabel Massacre and the El Paso Race Riot of 1916
- How Mexicans die: the El Paso city jailhouse holocaust
- Viva Villa: the Columbus Raid and the rise of the Mexican enemy
- Agents under fire: prohibition, immigration, and border law enforcement
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: where the bad guys are
- Appendix 1. Post returns for Fort Biss, 1910-16
- Appendix 2. Demographic growth in El Paso county and city, 1880-1930
- Appendix 3. Special census of the population of El Paso, Texas, 1916.