Borders of violence & justice: Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and law enforcement in the Southwest, 1835-1935
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Beteilige Person: Behnken, Brian D. 1973- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2022]
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Abstract:"Brian Behnken offers a sweeping examination of the interactions between Mexican-origin people and law enforcement-both legally codified police agencies and extralegal justice-across the U.S. Southwest (especially Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) from the 1830s to the 1930s. The long history of the border region between the United States and Mexico has been one marked by periodic violence, but Behnken shows us in unsparing detail how Mexicans and Mexican Americans refused to stand idly by in the face of relentless assault"--
Umfang:xx, 312 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781469670126
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