Pobre Raza!: Violence, Justice, and Mobilization Among México Lindo Immigrants, 1900-1936 - Softcover

Rosales, F. Arturo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292770952 ISBN 13: 9780292770959

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1999

Synopsis

This book examines the response of Mexican immigrants to Anglo American prejudice and violence early in the twentieth century.

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About the Author

F. Arturo Rosales is Professor of History at Arizona State University.

From the Back Cover

FLEEING THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TURMOIL spawned by the Mexican Revolution, massive numbers of Mexican immigrants entered the southwestern United States in the early decades of the twentieth century. But instead of finding refuge, many encountered harsh, anti-Mexican attitudes and violence from an Anglo population frightened by the influx of foreigners and angered by anti-American sentiments in Mexico.

This book examines the response of Mexican immigrants to Anglo American prejudice and violence early in the twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources from both sides of the border, Arturo Rosales traces the rise of "Mexico Lindo" nationalism and the efforts of Mexican consuls to help poor Mexican immigrants defend themselves against abuses and flagrant civil rights violations by Anglo citizens, police, and the U.S. judicial system. This research illuminates a dark era in which civilian and police brutality, prejudice in the courtroom, and disproportionate arrest, conviction, and capital punishment rates too often characterized justice for Mexican Americans.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0292770952
• ISBN 13: 9780292770959
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 297