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03216aam a2200445 i 4500 001 0B9826CA621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170706010219 008 170310s2017 nmua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2016039517 020 $a 0826358381 020 $a 9780826358387 035 $a (OCoLC)961414369 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d IQU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-mx--- $a n-mx--- 050 00 $a F395.M5 $b V56 2017 082 00 $a 323.1168/720764 $2 23 084 $a HIS036130 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Villanueva, Nicholas, $e author. 245 14 $a The lynching of Mexicans in the Texas borderlands / $c Nicholas Villanueva, Jr. 264 1 $a Albuquerque : $b University of New Mexico Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xii, 219 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 2 $a "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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x History $z Texas $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x History $z Texas $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Lynching $z Texas $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Ethnic conflict $z Texas $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Texas $x History $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Mexican-American Border Region $x History $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Mexico $x Influence. $y Revolution, 1910-1920 $x Influence. 650 7 $a HISTORY $z United States $x Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) $x Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) $2 bisacsh 776 08 $i Online version: $a Villanueva, Nicholas. $t Lynching of Mexicans in the Texas borderlands. $d Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2017 $z 9780826358394 $w (DLC) 2017012169 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213014646.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802030902.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0B9826CA621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search