Borders of violence & justice : Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and law enforcement in the southwest, 1835-1935 /

"Brian Behnken offers a sweeping examination of the interactions between Mexican-origin people and law enforcement-both legally codified police agencies and extralegal justice-across the U.S. Southwest (especially Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) from the 1830s to the 1930s. The long...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Behnken, Brian D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Temas:
1800-1999
Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century.
Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Vigilantism > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century.
Vigilantism > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Mexican Americans > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Vigilantism.
Race relations.
Mexican Americans.
Law enforcement.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Mexican-American Border Region > Race relations.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Reign of blood: the unending Mexican War and the creation of the criminal justice system in the Southwest
  • 2. Mob law: vigilantism as law enforcement in the nineteenth century
  • 3. Stars and shields: the world of Mexican American law enforcement officers
  • 4. Unknown Mex: Mexican and Mexican American criminality and the justice system
  • 5. Bandits everywhere: anti-Mexican violence, Mexican American resistance
  • 6. The pendulum of change: Mexican Americans and law enforcement in a time of transition.

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