Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
5-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Dr. Irving Levinson
Second Advisor
Dr. Charles Waite
Third Advisor
Dr. Maritza De La Trinidad
Abstract
This study demonstrates the success of the Mexican American leadership of Starr County in maintaining their hold on power in defiance of Anglo American migrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. What aided Mexican American leadership in Starr County was that the major figure Manuel Guerra was highly educated, and his ancestors had settled the region as early 1767, which led many Mexican Americans both upper class and lower class to be loyal to him and those closely allied with him. The tactics used by Manuel Guerra and his allies were equal to the tactics used by political bosses across the United States. Using scholarly works on the subject, newspapers and election records, this study details what transpired during the period from 1880-1920. This study looks at how Mexican Americans under Manuel Guerra maintained power and landownership through the use of violence, elections, and protecting working-class Mexican Americans.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
Copyright 2014 Jesus Perez. All Rights Reserved.
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