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Author Villanueva, Nicholas, author

Title The lynching of Mexicans in the Texas borderlands / Nicholas Villanueva, Jr
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 219 pages)
Contents Expatriates, Exiles, and Refugees : Social Order in the Texas/Mexico Borderland Prior to the Mexican Revolution -- Out of the Ashes : The Burning of Antonio Rodriguez and Hanging of Antonio Gomez -- The Legal Lynching of Leon Martinez, Jr. -- The Devil and the Bandit in the Big Bend : Ranch Raids and Mob Violence in West Texas -- World War One and the Decline of Mexican Lynching -- Conclusion: Towards a Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
Summary "More than just a civil war, the Mexican Revolution in 1910 triggered hostilities along the border between Mexico and the United States. In particular, the decade following the revolution saw a dramatic rise in the lynching of ethnic Mexicans in Texas. This book argues that ethnic and racial tension brought on by the fighting in the borderland made Anglo-Texans feel justified in their violent actions against Mexicans. They were able to use the legal system to their advantage, and their actions often went unpunished. Villanueva's work further differentiates the borderland lynching of ethnic Mexicans from the Southern lynching of African Americans by asserting that the former was about citizenship and sovereignty, as many victims' families had resources to investigate the crimes and thereby place the incidents on an international stage"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 18, 2017)
Subject Mexican Americans -- Violence against -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
Lynching -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
Ethnic conflict -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
1900 - 1999.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Ethnic conflict
Ethnic relations
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Lynching
Mexican Americans -- Civil rights
SUBJECT Texas -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Mexican-American Border Region -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Influence
Subject Mexico
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
Texas
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017012169
ISBN 9780826358394
082635839X