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Author Levario, Miguel Antonio, 1977-

Title Militarizing the border : when Mexicans became the enemy / Miguel Antonio Levario
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages)
Contents 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
Summary 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 milita
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Violence -- Texas, West -- History -- 20th century
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Ethnic identity
Violence.
Ethnic Violence
Internationality -- Mexico
Internationality
Violence
History, 20th Century
violence.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Diplomatic relations
Ethnic relations
Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity
Violence
Staatsgrenze
SUBJECT 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
Mexico
Subject Mexico
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
Texas
Texas -- El Paso
West Texas
United States
Texas -- West
Mexiko -- Nord
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011050642
ISBN 9781603447799
1603447792
1283584344
9781283584340
9786613896797
6613896799