Militarizing the Border : When Mexicans Became the Enemy /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levario, Miguel Antonio, 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Staatsgrenze
Violence
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity
Ethnic relations
Diplomatic relations.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
violence.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Violence.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Texas > Identite ethnique.
Violence > Texas (Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
History, 20th Century
Internationality
Internationality > Mexico.
Ethnic Violence
Mexican Americans > Texas > Ethnic identity.
Violence > Texas, West > History > 20th century.
Mexiko > Nord
Texas > West
United States
West Texas.
Texas > El Paso
Texas
North America > Mexican-American Border Region
Mexico
Mexique > Relations exterieures > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Texas (Ouest) > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mexico > Foreign relations > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Texas, West > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
El Paso (Tex.) > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
Mexican-American Border Region > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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