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03817aam a2200457 i 4500 001 DE77ABE06B5611E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 141106s2015 nbua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014036545 020 $a 080324634X (hardback : alkaline paper) 020 $a 9780803246348 (hardback : alkaline paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)894747497 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d BDX $d IXA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a F1266 .W34 2015 082 00 $a 972/.07 $2 23 084 $a SOC001000 $a HIS025000 $a SOC001000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Wahlstrom, Todd W., $e author. 245 14 $a The southern exodus to Mexico : $b migration across the borderlands after the American Civil War / $c Todd W Wahlstrom. 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b University of Nebraska Press, $c [2015] 300 $a xxvii, 189 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Borderlands and transcultural studies 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index. 520 $a "After the Civil War, a handful of former Confederate leaders joined forces with the Mexican emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg to colonize Mexico with former American slaveholders. Their plan was to develop commercial agriculture in the Mexican state of Coahuila under the guidance of former slaveholders with former slaves providing the bulk of the labor force. By developing these new centers of agricultural production and commercial exchange, the Mexican government hoped to open up new markets and, by extending the few already-existing railroads in the region, also spur further development. The Southern Exodus to Mexico considers the experiences of both white southern elites and common white and black southern farmers and laborers who moved to Mexico during this period. Todd W. Wahlstrom examines in particular how the endemic warfare, raids, and violence along the borderlands of Texas and Coahuila affected the colonization effort. Ultimately, Native groups such as the Comanches, Kiowas, Apaches, and Kickapoos, along with local Mexicans, prevented southern colonies from taking hold in the region, where local tradition and careful balances of power negotiated over centuries held more sway than large nationalistic or economic forces. This study of the transcultural tensions and conflicts in this region provides new perspectives for the historical assessment of this period of Mexican and American history"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Migration across the borderlands after the American Civil War -- White and black Southerners migrate to Mexico after the American Civil War -- Southern colonization and the Texas-Coahuila borderlands -- Southern colonization and the fall of the Mexican Empire, 1866-67 -- Southern colonization, railroads, and U.S. and Mexican modernization -- Conclusion : regions and nations. 650 0 $a Americans $z Mexico $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a American Confederate voluntary exiles $z Mexico $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Refugees. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Refugees. 651 0 $a Southern States $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Whites $z Southern States $x History $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Coahuila (Mexico : State) $x History $y 19th century. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Borderlands and transcultural studies. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826105944.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DE77ABE06B5611E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search