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Forgotten dead : mob violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 /
Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In Forgotten Dead, William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb uncover a comparatively neglected chapter in the story of American racial violence, the lynching of per...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In Forgotten Dead, William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb uncover a comparatively 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 ordinary citizens committed these acts because. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199717705 0199717702 9780199911806 0199911800 0195320352 9780195320350 9781299441958 1299441955 |