Archives of Dispossession: Recovering the Testimonios of Mexican American Herederas, 1848-1960

by Karen R Roybal

One method of American territory expansion in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands was the denial of property rights to Mexican landowners, which led to dispossession. Many historical accounts overlook this colonial impact on Indigenous and Mexican peoples, and existing studies that do tackle this subject tend to privilege the male experience. Here, Karen R. Roybal recenters the focus of dispossession on women, arguing that gender, sometimes more than race,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469633817
• ISBN13: 9781469633817
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"