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The Mexican Revolution: Conflict and Consolidation, 1910–1940

The Mexican Revolution: Conflict and Consolidation, 1910–1940 The Mexican Revolution: Conflict and Consolidation, 1910­1940. Edited by douglas w. richmond and sam w. haynes. Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2013. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Index. x, 251 pp. Cloth, $35.00. This collection emerged from a series of commemorative lectures held at the University of Texas at Arlington in 2010. It aims to provide an accessible snapshot of the latest research on the Mexican Revolution, with a focus on the states surrounding the United States­Mexico border. The book is largely successful, and nine clearly written and varied chapters offer much compelling and original detail. Absent is an ambitious framework or historiographical agenda to connect the material and propel the analysis. The first half of the book focuses on the border region. Nicholas Villanueva Jr. tells ´ ´ the story of Leon Martinez, arrested in 1912 for the murder of Emma Brown, a young Anglo woman from Texas. The story illustrates well the rough justice prevalent in Texas at the time and how fears of radicalism exacerbated Anglo racism. Don M. Coerver describes how Texas responded to revolution across the border; he focuses on enduring tensions ´ ´ between local, state, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hispanic American Historical Review Duke University Press

The Mexican Revolution: Conflict and Consolidation, 1910–1940

Rath, T.
Hispanic American Historical Review , Volume 95 (1) – Feb 1, 2015
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The Mexican Revolution: Conflict and Consolidation, 1910­1940. Edited by douglas w. richmond and sam w. haynes. Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2013. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Index. x, 251 pp. Cloth, $35.00. This collection emerged from a series of commemorative lectures held at the University of Texas at Arlington in 2010. It aims to provide an accessible snapshot of the latest research on the Mexican Revolution, with a focus on the states surrounding the United States­Mexico border. The book is largely successful, and nine clearly written and varied chapters offer much compelling and original detail. Absent is an ambitious framework or historiographical agenda to connect the material and propel the analysis. The first half of the book focuses on the border region. Nicholas Villanueva Jr. tells ´ ´ the story of Leon Martinez, arrested in 1912 for the murder of Emma Brown, a young Anglo woman from Texas. The story illustrates well the rough justice prevalent in Texas at the time and how fears of radicalism exacerbated Anglo racism. Don M. Coerver describes how Texas responded to revolution across the border; he focuses on enduring tensions ´ ´ between local, state,

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