Borders of Violence and 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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Behnken, Brian D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vigilantism.
Race relations.
Mexican Americans.
Law enforcement.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
Mexican Americans > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Discrimination in law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Vigilantism > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Vigilantism > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century.
Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Mexican-American Border Region > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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 history of the border region between the United States and Mexico has been one marked by periodic violence, but Behnken shows us in unsparing detail how Mexicans and Mexican Americans refused to stand idly by in the face of relentless assault"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (334 pages).
ISBN:9781469670140

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