“Are you an American, or are you not?” This was the question Harry Wheeler, sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, used to choose his targets in one of the most remarkable vigilante actions ever carried out on U.S. And this is the question at the heart of Katherine Benton-Cohen’s provocative history, which ties that seemingly remote corner of the country to one of America&
- Title : Borderline Americans: Racial Division and Labor War in the Arizona Borderlands
- Author : Katherine Benton-Cohen
- Rating : 4.75 (872 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-10-27
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 384 Pages
- Asin : 0674032772
- Language : English
“Are you an American, or are you not?” This was the question Harry Wheeler, sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, used to choose his targets in one of the most remarkable vigilante actions ever carried out on U.S. And this is the question at the heart of Katherine Benton-Cohen’s provocative history, which ties that seemingly remote corner of the country to one of America’s central concerns: the historical creation of racial boundaries. Mexicans were legally white, but were they suitable marriage partners for “Americans”? Why were Italian miners described as living “as no white man can”? By showing the multiple possibilities for racial meanings in America, Benton-Cohen’s insightful and informative work challenges our assumptions about race and national identitNearly 100 years earlier, Harry Wheeler, an Arizona sheriff, stormed through Cochise County asking illegal residents, Are you an American, or are you not? before rounding them up in the Bisbee Deportation. At the turn of the last century, Cochise County represented the New America that emerged from the nation's incorporation of northwestern Mexico, the immigration of Europeans to work as miners and the passage of constitutional amendments loosening the racial strictures around citizenship. He and his Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, dedicated to reporting undocumented migrants crossing into the U.S., were merely the latest in a lineage of self-appointed patriots patrolling the border. All rights reserved. Benton-Cohen uses the backdrop of the Wild West, with its bustling commerce and growing population, to wage a discussion on racial division and the power of white privilege—even where the black-white dichotomy didn't necessarily exist—in this richly detailed anthropological look into the creation of racial boundaries and their application in present-day immigration reform debates. (May)Copyright ©The book was a gift for my father and it arrived in less than ideal condition, The plastic on the cover was scratched in places and the corners of the book were slight bent. This book is very useful for those wishing to achieve a greater level of knowledge behind the principles of HPLC.. Hooked me in from the first page and kept my interest till the end. didn't buy this. No in depth behind the scenes info here.. In short, it’s well-crafted—which is a high compliment for a murder mystery laced with hints of magic in an ancient, foreign land—and a genuinely unique read, which is perhaps the highest compliment of all.. She knew next to nothing about gardening when she first planted at Animal Farm. She personalizes the research to make it more accessible for the reader. very informative book. I've enjoyed Charlee Jacob's poetry for years but didn't know until recently that she had written any novels. [NOTE: page numbers below refer to a 265-page paperback edition.]He explains in the fi
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