John Weber

William Hanson and the Texas-Mexico Border

Violence, Corruption, and the Making of the Gatekeeper State

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of the career of Texas Ranger and immigration official William Hanson illustrating the intersections of corruption, state-building, and racial violence in early twentieth century Texas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781477329221
• ISBN-10: 1477329226
• Artikelnr.: 68940107

Autorenporträt

John Weber is an associate professor of history at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and the author of From South Texas to the Nation: The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century.

Inhaltsangabe

1. List of Illustrations
2. Introduction
3. Part I. Fragile Dreams of Empire
* Chapter 1. Revenge, Impunity, and White Supremacy
* Chapter 2. In the Employ of Fall
4. Part II. Gatekeeping
* Chapter 3. Deportation, Inconvenient Exiles, and Postrevolutionary
State-Building
* Chapter 4. Immigration Control and the Numbers Game
5. Epilogue
6. Acknowledgments
7. Notes
8. Bibliography
9. Index