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The crossing : El Paso, the Southwest, and America's forgotten origin story / Richard Parker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parker, Richard (Journalist), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- El Paso (Tex.)--History.
- El Paso (Tex.).
- El Paso (Tex.)--Ethnic relations.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--El Paso.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Indigenous peoples--Texas--History.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Migrations of nations--History.
- Migrations of nations.
- Mexican-American Border Region--History.
- Mexican-American Border Region.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 439 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- El Paso, the Southwest, and America's forgotten origin story
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Mariner Books, [2025]
- Summary:
- "A radical work of history that re-centers the American story around El Paso, Texas, gateway between north and south, center of indigenous power and resistance, locus of European colonization of North America, centuries-long hub of immigration, and underappreciated modern blueprint for a changing United States."-- From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Part I. 1598
- Ancestors, 38,000 BCE-1550 CE
- The great revolt, 1680-1700
- Mustangs, 1700-1720
- The Americans, 1800-1820
- Part II. Concordia, 1821-46
- Mars returns, 1846-48
- Inferno, 1849-60
- The fifth circle, 1861-62
- The seventh circle, 1863-80
- The ninth circle, 1881-1900
- Part III. Revolution and betrayal, 1900-1920
- The Klan, 1921-39
- A world at war, 1940-41
- War and hope, 1941-50
- Part IV. Civil rights, 1951-59
- The new frontier, 1960-69
- Hell Paso, 1971-89
- Drugs and money, 1997-2011
- Part V. Strangers in the land of Egypt, 2018
- 'Everything down here sticks, stings, or bites,' 2019
- The day hate came to El Paso, 2019
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- "Some of the material in this book has been previously published in another format."--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-424) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780063161917
- 0063161915
- OCLC:
- 1500145703
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