Militarizing the border [[electronic resource] ] : when Mexicans became the enemy / / Miguel Antonio Levario
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| Autore: |
Levario Miguel Antonio <1977->
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| Titolo: |
Militarizing the border [[electronic resource] ] : when Mexicans became the enemy / / Miguel Antonio Levario
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| Pubblicazione: | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 972/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Violence - Texas, West - History - 20th century |
| Mexican Americans - Texas - Ethnic identity | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mexican-American Border Region Ethnic relations History 20th century |
| El Paso (Tex.) Ethnic relations History 20th century | |
| Texas, West Ethnic relations History 20th century | |
| United States Foreign relations Mexico History 20th century | |
| Mexico Foreign relations United States History 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cowboys and bandidos: a reexamination of the Texas Rangers -- Muerte a los gringos: the Santa Ysabel Massacre and the El Paso Race Riot of 1916 -- How Mexicans die: the El Paso city jailhouse holocaust -- Viva Villa: the Columbus Raid and the rise of the Mexican enemy -- Agents under fire: prohibition, immigration, and border law enforcement -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: where the bad guys are -- Appendix 1. Post returns for Fort Biss, 1910-16 -- Appendix 2. Demographic growth in El Paso county and city, 1880-1930 -- Appendix 3. Special census of the population of El Paso, Texas, 1916. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | As historian Miguel Antonio Levario explains in this timely book, current tensions and controversy over immigration and law enforcement issues centered on the US-Mexico border are only the latest evidence of a long-standing atmosphere of uncertainty and mistrust plaguing this region. Militarizing the Border: When Mexicans Became the Enemy, focusing on El Paso and its environs, examines the history of the relationship among law enforcement, military, civil, and political institutions, and local communities. In the years between 1895 and 1940, West Texas experienced intense military |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Militarizing the border |
| ISBN: | 1-283-58434-4 |
| 9786613896797 | |
| 1-60344-779-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788375303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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