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Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928

William D. Carrigan

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Description for Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928 Paperback. Forgotten Dead uncovers a neglected chapter in the story of American racial violence, the first comprehensive study of lynching of hundreds of persons of Mexican origin or descent. Num Pages: 322 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In Forgotten Dead, William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb uncover a comparatively neglected chapter in the story of American racial violence, the lynching of persons of Mexican origin or descent. Over eight decades lynch mobs murdered hundreds of Mexicans, mostly in the American Southwest. Racial prejudice, a lack of respect for local courts, and economic competition all fueled the actions of the mob. Sometimes ordinary citizens committed these acts because of the alleged failure of the ... Read more

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Oxford University Press Inc

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Paperback

Publication date

2017

Condition

New

Weight

460g

Number of Pages

322

Place of Publication

New York, United States

ISBN

9780190610692

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V9780190610692

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About William D. Carrigan

William D. Carrigan is Professor of History at Rowan University and the author of The Making of a Lynching Culture: Violence and Vigilantism in Central Texas, 1836-1916, the editor of Lynching Reconsidered: New Directions in the Study of Mob Violence, and the co-editor of Swift to Wrath: Lynching in Global Historical Perspective. ... Read more

Reviews for Forgotten Dead: Mob Violence against Mexicans in the United States, 1848-1928

Forgotten Dead fills a huge hole in the historiography of violence toward Mexicans in the United States. This book is more than just a document on lynching but a detailed look on the epistemology of violence toward Mexicans.
Rodolfo F. Acuna, author of Corridors of Migration: Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933
All of us who ... Read morestudy American violence and race relations are indebted to Carrigan and Webb for laying out, for the first time, the contours and scope of mob violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans. Like the better-known studies of anti-black violence, this path-breaking work will be an indispensable source for scholars and citizens alike who reckon with the legacies of this grim history.
Benjamin H. Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Forgotten Dead is one of the most important works ever published on the sad history of lynching in the United States. Carrigan and Webb's conclusions will transform how we think about and remember the history not only of lynching but also of Mexicans in the United States. They have, in short, produced a landmark book.
W. Fitzhugh Brundage, author of Lynching in the New South: Georgia and Virginia, 1880-1930
A monumental act of recovery, Forgotten Dead returns to light the long erased Mexican victims of America's lynching violence. Showing how these racial attacks were not just standard acts of Western violence, Carrigan and Webb document the acts of murderous violence and their motivations but also how communities fought back
through arms, through defense groups, and by mobilizing diplomatic forces in Mexico. Forgotten Dead is absolutely essential reading for those wishing to better understand the wider spectrum of American racial violence and the deep roots of America's current anti-Latino madness. Scholars of the West and the Border and Mexican American/Chicano experience will also find in this book a powerful ally.
Forgotten Dead is a well-written and thoroughly researched account. ... [The] issues regarding the causes of the rise and decline of anti-Mexican mob violence are well documented and well argued.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
This is an important book. For one, it skillfully reminds historians that mob violence occurred throughout the United States and was not just a southern problem. Carrigan and Webb's effective use of comparative analysis is a reminder that comparative history does not solely consist of comparing two nations, but can be used to great effect to compare the experience of two groups over a period of time. Carrigan and Webb also deserve commendation for their archival work and for their skillful use of nontraditional sources to discuss mob violence.
H-Net
Carrigan and Webb present a unique and pioneering set of empirical findings. ... There are few scholarly books whose most basic findings not only shake up a particular field, but also reframe a burning social issue in a way that any concerned citizen can understand. This is one such book.
Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
Forgotten Dead packs a mighty wallop into a small package. Combining extensive research with crafeully crafted generalizations, the book reveals the origins, extent, importance, and legacy of mob violence against Mexicans.
Western Historical Quarterly
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