A savage song : Racist violence and armed resistance in the early twentieth-century U.S.-Mexico Borderlands /

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This book examines key moments of violent social unrest in the twentieth century United States. Investigating the centrality of constructions of gender to American racism, it asks how African and Mexican American men, including those in uniform, responded to the violence of racism, and how their res...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aragon, Margarita (Sociologist) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester [UK] : Manchester University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans > Social conditions.
Racism.
Race relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mexican Americans > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > 20e siecle.
United States > Race relations > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book examines key moments of violent social unrest in the twentieth century United States. Investigating the centrality of constructions of gender to American racism, it asks how African and Mexican American men, including those in uniform, responded to the violence of racism, and how their resistance, including their claims to manhood and nation, were understood by law enforcement, politicians, and press.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781526121684

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