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OverviewAn examination of the career of Texas Ranger and immigration official William Hanson illustrating the intersections of corruption, state-building, and racial violence in early twentieth century Texas. At the Texas-Mexico border in the 1910s and 1920s, William Hanson was a witness to, and an active agent of, history. As a Texas Ranger captain and then a top official in the Immigration Service, he helped shape how US policymakers understood the border, its residents, and the movement of goods and people across the international boundary. An associate of powerful politicians and oil company executives, he also used his positions to further his and his patrons' personal interests, financial and political, often through threats and extralegal methods. Hanson’s career illustrates the ways in which legal exclusion, white-supremacist violence, and official corruption overlapped and were essential building blocks of a growing state presence along the border in the early twentieth century. In this book, John Weber reveals Hanson’s cynical efforts to use state and federal power to proclaim the border region inherently dangerous and traces the origins of current nativist politics that seek to demonize the border population. In doing so, he provides insight into how a minor political appointee, motivated by his own ambitions, had lasting impacts on how the border was experienced by immigrants and seen by the nation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John WeberPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9781477329221ISBN 10: 1477329226 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 14 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Part I. Fragile Dreams of Empire Chapter 1. Revenge, Impunity, and White Supremacy Chapter 2. In the Employ of Fall Part II. Gatekeeping Chapter 3. Deportation, Inconvenient Exiles, and Postrevolutionary State-Building Chapter 4. Immigration Control and the Numbers Game Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"[This book] is not a typical biography...Weber historicizes Hanson's actions as part of a much larger economic and political shift...this tale of one man's life ill-lived should interest modern readers because of its echoes through the present.-- ""Texas Observer"" (7/26/2024 12:00:00 AM)" [This book] is not a typical biography...Weber historicizes Hanson’s actions as part of a much larger economic and political shift...this tale of one man’s life ill-lived should interest modern readers because of its echoes through the present. * Texas Observer * Author InformationJohn Weber is an associate professor of history at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and the author of From South Texas to the Nation: The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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