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Dumping In The Global Dixie: Circle Of Poison And The Contamination Of The Global South, Amy M. Hay
Dumping In The Global Dixie: Circle Of Poison And The Contamination Of The Global South, Amy M. Hay
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
The 1981 publication of David Weir and Mark Shapiro’s exposé Circle of Poison almost ten years after the banning of DDT represented how the landscape of understandings about hazardous chemicals and their regulation had changed. The book exposed two things. One was the ways power had reconfigured itself, which in turn highlighted the ways the story Silent Spring told, which effectively moved hearts and minds to make change happen. One thing that remained hidden, however, to both Rachel Carson and Weir and Shapiro, was the degree to which the chemical industry traded at the local and regional level, conducting international …
Review: A Brick And A Bible: Black Women’S Radical Activism In The Midwest During The Great Depression, By Melissa Ford, Brent M. S. Campney
Review: A Brick And A Bible: Black Women’S Radical Activism In The Midwest During The Great Depression, By Melissa Ford, Brent M. S. Campney
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Review: Indigenous Borderlands: Native Agency, Resilience, And Power In The Americas, Edited By Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez, Thomas A. Britten
Review: Indigenous Borderlands: Native Agency, Resilience, And Power In The Americas, Edited By Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez, Thomas A. Britten
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No abstract provided.
Review Of King Fisher: The Short Life And Elusive Legend Of A Texas Desperado, By Chuck Parsons And Thomas C. Bicknell, William C. Yancey
Review Of King Fisher: The Short Life And Elusive Legend Of A Texas Desperado, By Chuck Parsons And Thomas C. Bicknell, William C. Yancey
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No abstract provided.
Review: Borders Of Violence And Justice: Mexicans, Mexican Americans, And Law Enforcement In The Southwest, 1835–1935, By Brian D. Behnken., George T. Diaz
Review: Borders Of Violence And Justice: Mexicans, Mexican Americans, And Law Enforcement In The Southwest, 1835–1935, By Brian D. Behnken., George T. Diaz
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Ethnicity And Imitatio In Isidore Of Seville, Erica Buchberger
Ethnicity And Imitatio In Isidore Of Seville, Erica Buchberger
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
Analyses of imitatio imperii commonly focus on the ceremonial and symbolic aspects of the Roman Empire—victory celebrations, creation of a capital, ceremonial dress and language, imagery on coins, and legal pronouncements—not ethnicity. Perhaps one reason is that in modern English, ‘imitation’ carries derogatory connotations of uninspired copying that remove the agency and creativity of the imitator. Imitated items and practices are seen as poor copies of originals, the latter of which are much more worthy of attention.2 Under this definition, one would expect an imitator of Rome to claim to be Roman, resembling Athaulf’s claim that Goths were unable to …
Review Of Pioneer Of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales, Rolando Avila
Review Of Pioneer Of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales, Rolando Avila
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
U.S. History As Part Of A Core Curriculum, Megan Birk
U.S. History As Part Of A Core Curriculum, Megan Birk
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No abstract provided.
"The Veneer Of Civilization Washed Off": Anti-Black Posse-Lynchings In The Twentieth-Century Rural Midwest, Brent M. S. Campney
"The Veneer Of Civilization Washed Off": Anti-Black Posse-Lynchings In The Twentieth-Century Rural Midwest, Brent M. S. Campney
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
This study seeks to identify anti-Black posse-lynchings in the Midwest between 1910 and 1930, and to examine the ways in which they were framed by the media for their readers. It posits that these lynchings emerged as the foremost type of anti-Black lynching by the second decade of the twentieth century, casting doubt thereby on the prevailing scholarly assumption that the number of lynchings declined precipitously in these years. Because most of these incidents received little attention at the time and few received significant attention outside of the locality in which they occurred, this essay uses as its primary documentation …
Review Of John B. Denton: The Bigger-Than-Life Story Of The Fighting Parson And Texas Ranger, By Mike Cochran, William C. Yancey
Review Of John B. Denton: The Bigger-Than-Life Story Of The Fighting Parson And Texas Ranger, By Mike Cochran, William C. Yancey
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No abstract provided.
From A Tabula Rasa To The Governor’S Award For Historic Preservation, Roseann Bacha-Garza, Juan L. Gonzalez, Christopher L. Miller, Russell K. Skowronek
From A Tabula Rasa To The Governor’S Award For Historic Preservation, Roseann Bacha-Garza, Juan L. Gonzalez, Christopher L. Miller, Russell K. Skowronek
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
Prior to 2009, South Texas was essentially an archaeological tabula rasa, largely unknown in the academic, public, or grey literature due to its location far from research universities, the state historic preservation office, and cultural resource management firms. Here, we relate how a consortium of anthropologists and archaeologists, biologists, historians, geologists, and geoarchaeologists have embraced a locally focused, place-based STEAM research approach to tell the story of a largely unknown region of the United States and make it accessible to K–17 educators,1 the public, and scholars with bilingual maps, books, exhibits, films, traveling trunks, and scholarly publications. The efforts …
Documenting Difficult Cases: A Mixed Method Analysis, Thomas Daniel Knight
Documenting Difficult Cases: A Mixed Method Analysis, Thomas Daniel Knight
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
This Special Issue of Genealogy examines the use of evidence, documentation, and methodology in family history and genealogical studies, and welcomes case studies that examine how to document individuals and relationships. A critical component of scholarly research focusing on the study of particular individuals or groups entails correctly identifying those individuals Historians, genealogists, historical demographers, and scholars in other disciplines sometimes undertake this sort of analysis. Often, research is uncomplicated if the research subject remained in a particular geographical area, or left a clear evidentiary trail, but what happens when historical documents do not clearly identify the research subject? Utilizing …
Review Of Civil Rights In Black And Brown: Histories Of Resistance And Struggle In Texas Ed. By Max Krochmal And J. Todd Moye, Brent M. S. Campney
Review Of Civil Rights In Black And Brown: Histories Of Resistance And Struggle In Texas Ed. By Max Krochmal And J. Todd Moye, Brent M. S. Campney
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Review Of Texas Rangers, Ranchers, And Realtors: James Hughes Callahan And The Day Family In The Guadalupe River Basin, By Thomas O. Mcdonald, William C. Yancey
Review Of Texas Rangers, Ranchers, And Realtors: James Hughes Callahan And The Day Family In The Guadalupe River Basin, By Thomas O. Mcdonald, William C. Yancey
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
The Indian Mission Of The Institute Of Blessed Virgin Mary (Ibvm) Nuns: Convents, Curriculum, And Indian Women, Nilanjana Paul
The Indian Mission Of The Institute Of Blessed Virgin Mary (Ibvm) Nuns: Convents, Curriculum, And Indian Women, Nilanjana Paul
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
This study focuses on the Indian mission of IBVM nuns, and the role played by them in the spread of female education in India. While acknowledging that missionaries were part of the imperial process, this study analyzes the work of Catholic nuns in India, their convents, and curriculum to show how their work advanced women’s educational opportunities in India. In the process the study examines how Catholic nuns resisted the dominating attitude of the Catholic Church in India. The last section of the article examines how Christian influence under missionaries not only prepared good mothers and wives but also trained …
Review Of Reverberations Of Racial Violence: Critical Reflections On The History Of The Border Ed. By Sonia Hernández And John Morán González, George T. Diaz
Review Of Reverberations Of Racial Violence: Critical Reflections On The History Of The Border Ed. By Sonia Hernández And John Morán González, George T. Diaz
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Chapter 2 Origin Legends Of Visigothic Spain In Isidore Of Seville’S Writings, Erica Buchberger
Chapter 2 Origin Legends Of Visigothic Spain In Isidore Of Seville’S Writings, Erica Buchberger
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
Review: ¡Viva George!: Celebrating Washington’S Birthday At The Us-Mexico Border, By Elaine A. Peña, George T. Diaz
Review: ¡Viva George!: Celebrating Washington’S Birthday At The Us-Mexico Border, By Elaine A. Peña, George T. Diaz
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
Elaine A. Peña’s ¡Viva George! offers an in-depth “anthropological history” of the ways a binational community’s celebration of George Washington’s birthday bridges national and cultural divides across the U.S.-Mexico border (p. 6). For over one hundred years, Laredo, Texas—a medium-sized community along the Rio Grande—has celebrated the birthday of the first president of the United States. Rather than fetishize the celebration as a border eccentricity, the book considers how Mexican Americans embraced and co-opted the festivity to cultivate a unique identity. Moreover, the book considers how local and regional business interests contended with U.S. and Mexican national policies in …
Review: The Broken Heart Of America: St. Louis And The Violent History Of The United States, By Walter Johnson, Brent M. S. Campney
Review: The Broken Heart Of America: St. Louis And The Violent History Of The United States, By Walter Johnson, Brent M. S. Campney
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
In The Broken Heart of America, historian Walter Johnson examines the histories of white supremacy, capitalism, and racist violence through the lens of St. Louis, Missouri, from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. He argues that St. Louis epitomizes the major themes of American history, including Indian wars, anti-Black lynching spectacles, epic riots, police violence, discrimination, exclusion, and segregation. More than a story of one city, he writes, Broken Heart uses that metropolis to explore “the history of ‘racial capitalism’: the intertwined history of white supremacist ideology and the practices of empire, extraction, and exploitation. Dynamic, unstable, ever-changing, …
Narciso Martínez: El Huracán Del Valle De Sol A Sol, Manuel F. Medrano
Narciso Martínez: El Huracán Del Valle De Sol A Sol, Manuel F. Medrano
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
No abstract provided.
“Our Antient Friends . . . Are Much Reduced”: Mary And James Wright, The Hopewell Friends Meeting, And Quaker Women In The Southern Backcountry, C. 1720–C. 1790, Thomas Daniel Knight
“Our Antient Friends . . . Are Much Reduced”: Mary And James Wright, The Hopewell Friends Meeting, And Quaker Women In The Southern Backcountry, C. 1720–C. 1790, Thomas Daniel Knight
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
Although the existence of Quakers in Virginia is well known, the best recent surveys of Virginia history devote only passing attention to them, mostly in the context of expanding religious freedoms during the revolutionary era. Few discuss the Quakers themselves or the nature of Quaker settlements although notably, Warren Hofstra, Larry Gragg, and others have studied aspects of the Backcountry Quaker experience. Recent Quaker historiography has reinterpreted the origins of the Quaker faith and the role of key individuals in the movement, including the roles of Quaker women. Numerous studies address Quaker women collectively. Few, however, examine individual families or …
“Standing In The Crater Of A Volcano”: Anti-Chinese Violence And International Diplomacy In The American West, Brent M. S. Campney
“Standing In The Crater Of A Volcano”: Anti-Chinese Violence And International Diplomacy In The American West, Brent M. S. Campney
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
This study investigates anti-Chinese violence in the American West—focusing primarily on events in the Arizona Territory between 1880 and 1912—and the role of diplomatic relations between the United States and China in tempering the worst excesses of that violence. Recent scholarship asserts that the Chinese rarely suffered lynching and were commonly targeted for other types of violence, including coercion, harassment, and intimidation. Building on that work, this study advances a definition of racist violence that includes a broad spectrum of attacks, including the threat of violence. While affirming that such “subtler” violence achieved many of the same objectives as the …
"A White-And-Negro Environment Which Is Seldom Spotlighted" The Twilight Of Jim Crow In The Postwar Urban Midwest, Brent M. S. Campney
"A White-And-Negro Environment Which Is Seldom Spotlighted" The Twilight Of Jim Crow In The Postwar Urban Midwest, Brent M. S. Campney
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
This article investigates white-black race relations in postwar urban Kansas. Focusing on seven small and mid-sized cities, it explores how white Kansans continued to maintain discrimination, segregation, and exclusion in these years, even as they yielded slowly to the demands of civil rights activists and their supporters. Specifically, it examines the means employed by whites to assert their dominance in social interactions; to discriminate in housing, employment, and commerce; and, in some cases, to defend their all-white (or nearly all-white) municipalities, the so-called sundown towns, from any black presence at all. In addition, it briefly discusses the white backlash which …
Pepito And The Last Tamalada, Manuel F. Medrano
Pepito And The Last Tamalada, Manuel F. Medrano
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of being attending Central Jr. High School in Brownsville, Texas, U.S. of America and discovered the first facial pimple and did not know what to do with it.
Lincoln And Education, Rolando Avila, Anita Pankake
Lincoln And Education, Rolando Avila, Anita Pankake
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
The current norm of compulsory formal schooling includes a system in which schools teach state mandated curriculum, parents are held legally responsible to assure their children attend school until they reach a certain age, and students are confined within set class meeting times and set locations during their schooling years. The two terms, education and schooling, have been increasingly used synonymously. Our assertion here is that education is a more inclusive term than schooling. More importantly, using Abraham Lincoln as a biographical model, we argue that a good education can be achieved in different ways.
Review: Border Spaces: Visualizing The U.S.-Mexico Frontera, Edited By Katherine G. Morrissey And John-Michael H. Warner., George T. Diaz
Review: Border Spaces: Visualizing The U.S.-Mexico Frontera, Edited By Katherine G. Morrissey And John-Michael H. Warner., George T. Diaz
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
Border Spaces offers an interdisciplinary examination of the land border between the United States and Mexico beginning with its mapping in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Editors and contributors utilize their backgrounds in history and art history to examine issues, including the building of border fences, the management of the natural environment, and political art on the fence itself The two main questions the volume addresses are as follows: (1) "How has the land border between Mexico and the United States been represented and defined over time?" and (2) "How have state, commercial, regional, and individual interests shaped …
Copper Stain: Asarco’S Legacy In El Paso. The Environment In Modern North America. By Elaine Hampton And Cynthia C. Ontiveros, Amy M. Hay
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
The term “obligated exposure” represents one of the most useful and terrible concepts offered in Elaine Hampton’s and Cynthia C. Ontiveros’s Copper Stain. It embodies the idea that the (mostly) men who worked at the El Paso, Texas ASARCO copper smelting plant and the surrounding community acquiesced to the toxic chemicals produced in order to gain “economic resources” (p. 129). Based on sixty-five interviews (only one woman), the story offers a searing and horrific study of highly risky work conditions that included dangerous machinery, molten fire, and hazardous chemicals. It suggests that place (border) and region (the West) play …
Review Of Women In Texas History, By Angela Boswell, Linda English
Review Of Women In Texas History, By Angela Boswell, Linda English
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
Angela Boswell’s Women in Texas History is a narrative account of Texas history told through the experiences of women, spanning from the prehistoric period to Senator Wendy Davis’s marathon filibuster for reproductive rights on the floor of the Texas legislature in 2013. Throughout the book, Boswell’s gendered focus intersects with racial, ethnic, and class categories of analysis, providing an ambitious and highly inclusive examination of the state’s history. [End Page 130] On this approach, Boswell notes that “this book pays special attention to the differences in the lived experiences of Native Americans, Tejanas, African Americans, Anglos, Germans, and Asians. Other …
Review Of Comanche Jack Stilwell: Army Scout And Plainsman, By Clint E. Chambers And Paul H. Carlson, Thomas A. Britten
Review Of Comanche Jack Stilwell: Army Scout And Plainsman, By Clint E. Chambers And Paul H. Carlson, Thomas A. Britten
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
The book’s primary aim is to provide a straightforward biography of Jack Stilwell (co-author Clint Chambers’s great-great-uncle) and to place his story within the context of western history during the last three decades of the nineteenth century. “Comanche Jack” left little written evidence behind for historians to peruse, but by diligently combing widely scattered army records, census rolls, court testimonies, and commentaries in newspapers and magazines, the authors succeed in providing both an interesting read and a balanced assessment of this rather remarkable individual.
Anti-Japanese Sentiment, International Diplomacy, And The Texas Alien Land Law Of 1921, Brent M. S. Campney
Anti-Japanese Sentiment, International Diplomacy, And The Texas Alien Land Law Of 1921, Brent M. S. Campney
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
The Japanese ‘invasion’ of Texas appears to be in full swing,” reported a correspondent from the lower Rio Grande Valley (hereinafter, the Valley) on January 7, 1921. The writer drew this conclusion from the arrival a day earlier of two Japanese families who had been met at the train station in the South Texas town of Harlingen by a mob who warned the immigrants not to settle on the land that they had already purchased in the vicinity. The alleged invasion continued with the arrival of B. R. Kato, “another Japanese colonist from California, [who] reached Brownsville today.” As Kato …