| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 312 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Reign of blood: the unending Mexican War and the creation of the criminal justice system in the Southwest -- 2. Mob law: vigilantism as law enforcement in the nineteenth century -- 3. Stars and shields: the world of Mexican American law enforcement officers -- 4. Unknown Mex: Mexican and Mexican American criminality and the justice system -- 5. Bandits everywhere: anti-Mexican violence, Mexican American resistance -- 6. The pendulum of change: Mexican Americans and law enforcement in a time of transition. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
| Subject |
Law enforcement -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century.
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Law enforcement -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century.
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Vigilantism -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 19th century.
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Vigilantism -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century.
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Discrimination in law enforcement -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History.
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Mexican Americans -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History.
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Mexican-American Border Region -- History.
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Mexican-American Border Region -- Race relations.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
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Vigilantism. |
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Race relations. |
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Mexican Americans. |
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Law enforcement. |
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Discrimination in law enforcement. |
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North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Project Muse. distributor.
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| Added Title |
Borders of Violence and Justice |
| Other Form: |
Print version: (OCoLC)1335122113 |
| ISBN |
9781469670140 electronic book |
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1469670143 electronic book |
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9781469670133 |
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9781469670126 paperback |
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9781469670119 hardcover |
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