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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480391203321

Autore

Horne Gerald

Titolo

Black and Brown [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920

Pubbl/distr/stampa

NYU Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8147-6972-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

American History and Culture

Disciplina

972.0816

Soggetti

African Americans -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century

Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century

Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Participation, African American

African Americans - History - 20th century - Mexican-American Border Region

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Ethnic & Race Studies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Before the Revolution""; ""2 A Tale of Two Negroes""; ""3 Bordering on Revolution""; ""4 A Border Drenched in Blood""; ""5 Buffaloed Soldiers""; ""6 Black and Brown Defenders of White Supremacy?""; ""7 Negroes Invade Mexico""; ""8 “Kill the �Gringo� Men!�""; ""Epilogue: Revolution Delayed""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Sommario/riassunto

Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention)  The Mexican Revolution was a defining moment in the history of race relations, impacting both Mexican and African Americans. For black Westerners, 19101920 did not represent the clear-cut promise of populist power, but a reordering of the complex social hierarchy which had, since the nineteenth century, granted them greater freedom in the



borderlands than in the rest of the United States.  Despite its lasting significance, the story of black Americans along the Mexican border has been sorely underreported in the annal