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Horne Gerald |
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Titolo |
Black and brown : African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 / / Gerald Horne |
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New York, New York : , : New York University Press, , [2005] |
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©2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Collana |
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American History and Culture |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Mexican-American Border Region - History - 20th century |
Mexico History Revolution, 1910-1920 Participation, African American |
Mexican-American Border Region History 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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