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Author Carrigan, William D., 1970-

Title Forgotten dead : mob violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 / William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages)
Contents Introduction -- 1. Manifest Destiny and mob violence against Mexicans -- 2. Judge Lynch on the border -- 3. Mexican resistance to mob violence -- 4. Diplomatic protest and the decline of mob violence -- Conclusion : Remembering the Forgotten dead -- Appendix A. Confirmed cases of mob violence against persons of Mexican origin and descent in the United States, 1848-1928 -- Appendix B. Unconfirmed cases of mob violence against persons of Mexican origin and descent in the United States, 1848-1928
Summary Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In Forgotten Dead, William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb uncover a comparatively neglected chapter in the story of American racial violence, the lynching of persons of Mexican origin or descent. Over eight decades lynch mobs murdered hundreds of Mexicans, mostly in the American Southwest. Racial prejudice, a lack of respect for local courts, and economic competition all fueled the actions of the mob. Sometimes ordinary citizens committed these acts because
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed June 15, 2020)
Subject Mexican Americans -- Violence against -- History -- 19th century
Mexican Americans -- Violence against -- History -- 20th century
Mobs -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Mobs -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Lynching -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Lynching -- United States -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Lynching
Mobs
Race relations
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Webb, Clive, 1970-
ISBN 9780199717705
0199717702
9780199911806
0199911800
0195320352
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9781299441958
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