Revolution in Texas : how a forgotten rebellion and its bloody suppression turned Mexicans into Americans
Johnson, Benjamin Heber
Revolution in Texas : how a forgotten rebellion and its bloody suppression turned Mexicans into Americans / Benjamin Heber Johnson - New Haven, CT : Yale University Press , c2003 - 260 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Conquest -- Trouble in mind -- The promise of the revolution -- Rebellion -- Repression -- Citizenship at war -- Legacies -- Afterword -- Appendix : high tide of the Plan de San Diego, August-September 1915.
In Revolution in Texas Benjamin Johnson tells the little-known story of one of the most intense and protracted episodes of racial violence in United States history. In 1915, against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the uprising that would become known as the Plan de San Diego began with a series of raids by ethnic Mexicans on ranches and railroads. Local violence quickly erupted into a regional rebellion. In response, vigilante groups and the Texas Rangers staged an even bloodier counterinsurgency, culminating in forcible relocations and mass executions. Faced with the overwhelming forces arrayed against it, the uprising eventually collapsed. But, as Johnson demonstrates, the rebellion resonated for decades in American history. Convinced of the futility of using force to protect themselves against racial discrimination and economic oppression, many Mexican Americans elected to seek protection as American citizens with equal access to rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution.
9780300094251
2003009133
Revolution----History----Texas, South----20th Century
Violence
Mexican Americans----History----Texas----20th century
Mexican Amercians----Politics and government----Texas----20th Century
Texas---History
Texas---Politics and government
Texas---Ethnic relations
Mexican-American Border Region
Texas----1846 - 1950
F391 / .J64 2003
976.44 JOH
Revolution in Texas : how a forgotten rebellion and its bloody suppression turned Mexicans into Americans / Benjamin Heber Johnson - New Haven, CT : Yale University Press , c2003 - 260 p. : illus. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Conquest -- Trouble in mind -- The promise of the revolution -- Rebellion -- Repression -- Citizenship at war -- Legacies -- Afterword -- Appendix : high tide of the Plan de San Diego, August-September 1915.
In Revolution in Texas Benjamin Johnson tells the little-known story of one of the most intense and protracted episodes of racial violence in United States history. In 1915, against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the uprising that would become known as the Plan de San Diego began with a series of raids by ethnic Mexicans on ranches and railroads. Local violence quickly erupted into a regional rebellion. In response, vigilante groups and the Texas Rangers staged an even bloodier counterinsurgency, culminating in forcible relocations and mass executions. Faced with the overwhelming forces arrayed against it, the uprising eventually collapsed. But, as Johnson demonstrates, the rebellion resonated for decades in American history. Convinced of the futility of using force to protect themselves against racial discrimination and economic oppression, many Mexican Americans elected to seek protection as American citizens with equal access to rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution.
9780300094251
2003009133
Revolution----History----Texas, South----20th Century
Violence
Mexican Americans----History----Texas----20th century
Mexican Amercians----Politics and government----Texas----20th Century
Texas---History
Texas---Politics and government
Texas---Ethnic relations
Mexican-American Border Region
Texas----1846 - 1950
F391 / .J64 2003
976.44 JOH
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