{"product_id":"william-hanson-and-the-texas-mexico-border-violence-corruption-and-the-making-of-the-gatekeeper-state-hardback-9781477329221","title":"William Hanson and the Texas-Mexico Border; Violence, Corruption, and the Making of the Gatekeeper State (Hardback) 9781477329221","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWilliam Hanson and the Texas-Mexico Border\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eViolence, Corruption, and the Making of the Gatekeeper State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Weber (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477329221, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e[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.\u003c\/div\u003e (Texas Observer) \u003cdiv\u003e[This book] is an uncomfortable but necessary reminder that racism, violence, and corruption have a long and sordid history in this country.\u003c\/div\u003e (CHOICE) \u003cdiv\u003eWeber contributes to our growing but still incomplete understanding of the Texas Rangers and its breathtakingly violent history...while also writing an original and fascinating story of a man who embodied the worst impulses and excesses of the period...Accessible,well-written, well-organized, and effectively framed,...it is a terrific book and a welcome contribution to a subject painfully relevant in 2024.\u003c\/div\u003e (The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I. Fragile Dreams of Empire \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Revenge, Impunity, and White Supremacy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. In the Employ of Fall \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II. Gatekeeping \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Deportation, Inconvenient Exiles, and Postrevolutionary State-Building \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Immigration Control and the Numbers Game \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Epilogue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520939028760,"sku":"9781477329221","price":31.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/william-hanson-and-the-texas-mexico-border-violence-corruption-and-the-making-of-the-gatekeeper-state-hardback-9781477329221","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}