Bad Mexicans
Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
Will be published approx. on 9. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-324-06441-1 (ISBN)
Description
Bad Mexicans tells the dramatic story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Mexican Revolution from the United States. Led by a brilliant but ill-tempered radical named Ricardo Flores Magon, the magonistas were a motley band of journalists, miners, migrant workers, and more, who organized thousands of Mexican workers-and American dissidents-to their cause. Determined to oust Mexico's dictator, Porfirio Diaz, who encouraged the plunder of his country by US imperialists such as Guggenheim and Rockefeller, the rebels had to outrun and outsmart the swarm of U. S. authorities vested in protecting the Diaz regime. The US Departments of War, State, Treasury and Justice as well as police, sheriffs and spies, hunted the magonistas across the country. Capturing Ricardo Flores Magon was one of the FBI's first cases.
But the magonistas persevered. They lived in hiding, wrote in secret code and launched armed raids into Mexico until they ignited the world's first social revolution of the twentieth century.
Taking readers to the frontlines of the magonista uprising and the counterinsurgency campaign that failed to stop them, Kelly Lytle Hernandez puts the magonista revolt at the heart of US history. Long ignored by textbooks, the magonistas threatened to undo the rise of Anglo-American power, on both sides of the border, and inspired a revolution that gave birth to the Mexican-American population, making the magonistas' story integral to modern American life.
But the magonistas persevered. They lived in hiding, wrote in secret code and launched armed raids into Mexico until they ignited the world's first social revolution of the twentieth century.
Taking readers to the frontlines of the magonista uprising and the counterinsurgency campaign that failed to stop them, Kelly Lytle Hernandez puts the magonista revolt at the heart of US history. Long ignored by textbooks, the magonistas threatened to undo the rise of Anglo-American power, on both sides of the border, and inspired a revolution that gave birth to the Mexican-American population, making the magonistas' story integral to modern American life.
Reviews / Votes
"There is no Hollywood movie about the magonistas, although reading "Bad Mexicans" is like watching one....Like Flores Magon, Lytle Hernandez's pen is her sword; her writing is a monument to the belief that language can change the world." -- Geraldo Cadava - The New Yorker "An award-winning, internationally acclaimed scholar, Kelly Lytle Hernandez delivers historical analysis with clear relevance in today's sociopolitical climate. A leading voice on issues ranging from immigration to policing to the criminal justice system more broadly, her work is known for empowering a wide range of communities, providing the necessary historical framing to build synergy among some of today's most daring social movements." -- Heather Anne Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water "Kelly Lytle Hernandez is one of the most compelling historians in her field. Synthesizing the complexities of race, gender, and ethnicity into the fabric of living history, her work sheds light on today's crucial issues and her passion has the capacity to not only inform but to change minds." -- Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times best-selling author of What Truth Sounds Like "Kelly Lytle Hernandez writes history and makes history. She is one of the most admired and respected historians of Mexican-American history and the United States. Conveying deep archival research in a compelling, accessible narrative, she breathes life in" -- Vicki Lynn Ruiz, winner of the National Humanities MedalMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
39 photographs; 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-06441-1 (9781324064411)
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E-Book
05/2022
W. W. Norton & Company
€18.49
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Person
Kelly Lytle Hernandez is the Thomas E. Lifka Endowed Chair in History at UCLA. She is a MacArthur "genius grant" recipient and the author of Racist by Design, Bad Mexicans, and several other award-winning books about race, immigration, policing, and the carceral state. She lives in Los Angeles.