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Killing Joaquin
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Author : Peter Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2008-05-13
Killing Joaquin written by Peter Shaw and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-13 with History categories.
Killing Joaquín begins in 1519 with the arrival in Mexico of Joaquín's ancestor Juan Murrieta, who is part of the Spanish invasion force led by Hernan Cortez. The early part of the book relates the family's background in Mexico and the social reality that motivates the northward migration of the Murrietas during three centuries of avoiding the Spanish boot their own family had once worn. The political structure in Colonial Mexico is as follows: Spaniards born in Spain, Spaniards born in Mexico, Mestizos, and Indians, in order of descending power. The people in Spain think of the Spaniards in Mexico as subordinate intermediaries necessary in the extraction of wealth from the colonized country. Time widens the gap, and the colonists become separate from the people who had originally sent them to Mexico as agents of subjugation and avenues of revenue. Their lowered status compounds the far greater duality that is soon caused by the genetic blending of Spanish and Indian people throughout Mexico, whereby the majority of the population becomes both the oppressor and the oppressed, which is a major component of the Mexican Dilemma. In 1776, there are fewer than one hundred non-Indian people in the entirety of California, and not all of them are Hispanic. The children born here to the largest of these settler groups are the first generation of the Califorñios - people born in California of Spanish-speaking parents. The Califorñios, like the Murrietas, seek a life free from Spanish rule, and they are a group comprised of ethnically Spanish Mexicans and culturally Spanish Mestizos, more of the former than the latter. The earliest arrivals also include some pure Indians whose family members have intermarried with the Spaniards. The Califorñio culture develops separately from Mexican culture and establishes itself during a hundred years of living in grace, being far enough from the seats of power in Spain and Mexico to ensure the benign neglect in which that culture prospers. By the 1840s, the Califorñios have established California as an autonomous region of Mexico and are moving toward independence, hounded by the external predation by foreign nations and an internal revolution by a mostly Anglo-American group that wants to establish California as an independent republic called the Bear Flag Republic, as Texas had earlier done. All those aspirations are crushed by the United States, when the 1848 Treaty of Guadalúpe Hidalgo ends what we call the Mexican War by moving forty percent of Mexico to the United States, at which time California experiences a sudden population shift, with Anglo-Americans streaming into the newly acquired territory and changing everything for the mostly Indian and Hispanic Californians. Later that same year, gold is discovered and Paradise is lost. The Mexicans native to California see this influx as a terrible immigration problem, as they themselves still are to the more than 300,000 California Indians, while our predecessors don't consider themselves immigrants. Having just taken the place from Mexico, they see themselves as moving into their own house, entitled by Divine Providence and Manifest Destiny to possess this land and supplant the long-established cultures here. To that end, the federal government passes laws encouraging Anglo settlement and driving non-Anglos from the gold fields. In 1850, California statehood finalizes the acquisition. In 1851, the Spanish and Mexican land grants are broken, negating the pre-1848 land titles held almost entirely by Hispanics. This allows those properties to be divided into homesteads and claimed by Anglo settlers without payment to the owners; thereby disenfranchising the resident population, ensuring the demographic predominance needed to consolidate the gain, and completing our nation's transcontinental expansion. That is the historical context for this true story of the transfiguration and death of Joaquín Murrieta, who comes here in 1849 to go into the wild horse business with his half-brother Joaquín Carrillo (Murrieta). The plan is to capture the horses in California and take them to Mexico, where the horses sell for half again as much as they do here. But bad things happen, including a rape and a murder. In taking revenge for those acts, Joaquín Murrieta becomes a known outlaw, with no possibility of turning back. The horse gangs (work crews) become raiding gangs, robbing the miners and sending the gold to Mexico with the monthly horse drives. Other Mexican miners, meeting with the same government-supported mistreatment experienced by Joaquín, also become outlaws, whose activities are then blamed on Joaquín. He becomes a symbol of what the Americans fear in California. The federal and state governments desperately want Anglo-Americans to move to California and settle the just-stolen state, and no one is going to move in until the bandits are moved out. If the authorities can kill Joaquín, the needed migration will occur. How this true story unfolds from there is to be found in the pages of Killing Joaquín, which is available through Xlibris or wherever else books are sold.
Killing Che
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Author : Chuck Pfarrer
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2007-04-03
Killing Che written by Chuck Pfarrer and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-03 with Fiction categories.
Chuck Pfarrer’s acclaimed Warrior Soul has been called one of the finest memoirs of modern Special Operations Forces. Now the decorated Navy SEAL makes his dazzling fiction debut with this gutsy, riveting thriller about the action-packed hunt for history’s most infamous rebel insurgent: Che Guevara. The year is 1967. Paul Hoyle, a CIA paramilitary officer, has resigned from the agency an incident in Laos that left one man dead and Hoyle’s face scarred by gunshot. But Hoyle is soon drawn back into the agency’s fold, finding himself a “fallen angel,” an independent contractor the U.S. secretly sends to global hot spots. Bolivia, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is a nation ripe for Communist infiltration and revolution. So the stage is set for a duel between world ideologies, with players from Washington to Moscow to Havana. After a Bolivian army unit is disastrously ambushed, Hoyle is dispatched to South America by a CIA concerned that another Vietnam may be in the works. With Cuban-sponsored guerrillas afoot and a corrupt Bolivian military opposing them, Hoyle finds the jungle a treacherous place where honor and morality are surrendered to the basic business of survival. Though Che Guevara, the charismatic revolutionary who helped Castro take hold in Cuba, is believed to have been killed in the Congo–or executed by Fidel himself–a rucksack recovered after a deadly gunfight suggests that the Marxist rebel may be heading up this new, highly effective insurgency. World-weary Hoyle draws ever nearer to the passionate revolutionary, as a struggle between worldviews is fought with automatic weapons in steamy jungles, veiled threats in government offices, and even exchanged secrets in hotel bedrooms–for at the center of this intense cat-and-mouse game are two captivating women who may hold the keys to these men’s destinies. Tania Vünke is Guevara’s crucial undercover operative and occasional lover, a conflicted woman with secrets entrusted to her by Guevara himself. And beautiful Maria Agular is the elegant mistress of the Bolivian minister of information, a tormented soul whom Hoyle dares to trust with both information and his heart. Terrorism expert Chuck Pfarrer packs this electrifying plot with insider knowledge of intelligence tradecraft. Populated with powerfully drawn characters, Killing Che is a stunning re-creation of a conflict that sealed the fate of one of the twentieth century’s most controversial and complex political figures–a man whose renown continues to grow decades after his violent end.
History Of California
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Author : Theodore Henry Hittell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
History Of California written by Theodore Henry Hittell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with California categories.
Joaqu N Balaguer Memory And Diaspora
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Author : Ana S. Q. Liberato
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2013-09-26
Joaqu N Balaguer Memory And Diaspora written by Ana S. Q. Liberato and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with Social Science categories.
Joaquín Balaguer, Memory, and Diaspora draws on the growing interest in the legacies of authoritarianism and state violence and its interplay with migration and memory. Ana S. Q. Liberato discusses the relationship between memory and government pedagogy—or the meanings constructed and disseminated by Joaquín Balaguer in political ads and public speeches and through public policy and autobiographical work. Liberato argues that there is a revival of memory in the Dominican Republic today, including pro-Balaguer memorialization efforts, and that Balaguer’s political pedagogy had an effect on public memory. The influence of his political pedagogy on memory transpires in memorializations which reproduce notions of Balaguer's political and moral exceptionalism. This book shows that Balaguer’s authoritarian pedagogy has been consumed, anchored, and shared among different Dominican publics, in the island and overseas, through the prism he created. Liberato also reveals Balaguer as a contested political character who provokes particular emotions and well-defined experiences and notions of the past. She demonstrates how his legacy was legitimized and contested by comparing him to caudillos José Francisco Peña Gómez and Juan Bosch, as well as through instances when he is praised or questioned for being an American protégée. This book exhibits how diasporic Dominicans maintain and transplant their political knowledge after migration. In particular, notions of democracy, political trust, political accountability, human rights, and sovereignty associated with authoritarian pedagogy accumulate in their narratives of the past and in their accounts of politics and history. Key roles are played by shared historical, cultural, and linguistic symbols associated with the legacy of authoritarianism. Liberato demonstrates how Balaguer influenced the Dominican nation through implementing effective political pedagogies, which in turn helped reinforce and reinscribe some aspects of the pedagogies implemented by Dictator Trujillo and previous authoritarian leaders. Joaquín Balaguer, Memory, and Diaspora will be of particular interest to Caribbean and Latin American Studies students and scholars, as well as anyone working in the areas of migration studies, sociology, Latin American politics, U.S. foreign policy, Latina/o studies, Caribbean studies, and the sociology of knowledge.
Life And Adventures Of The Celebrated Bandit Joaqu N Murrieta
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Author : Ireneo Paz
language : en
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Release Date : 1999-11-30
Life And Adventures Of The Celebrated Bandit Joaqu N Murrieta written by Ireneo Paz and has been published by Arte Publico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Here, in its original English translation, is the dime-novelesque biography of one of the most infamous bandits in the history of the Old West, for decades a source of fear and legend in the state of California. To Mexicans and Indians, however, Joaquin Murrieta became a symbol of resistance to the displacement and oppression visited on them in the wake of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), particularly by the "'Forty-Niners" who flooded into California from all over the world during the Gold Rush. In his introduction, literary critic Luis Leal has researched and written the first definitive history of the Murrieta legend in its various incarnations. Ireneo Paz's Spanish-language biography was first published in Mexico City in 1904; it was translated into English by Frances P. Belle in 1925. This edition includes several line-drawings that appeared in the original volume, heightening the strong sense evoked here of this turbulent period in U. S. history.
I Joaqu N
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Author : Melvin Litton
language : en
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Release Date : 2019-03-19
I Joaqu N written by Melvin Litton and has been published by Crossroad Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-19 with Fiction categories.
Before Jesse James or Billy the Kid, there was Joaquín Murrieta—lover, bandit, revolutionary. On July 25, 1853, a troop of California Rangers killed and beheaded the young bandit. It was believed his army numbered in the hundreds and that he planned to sweep the country south to Sonora. Thinking the matter ended, the Rangers preserved his head in a bucket of whiskey and rode to Sacramento to collect their reward. Yet with his death his fame only grew, along with rumors of his ghost in haunt of the Rangers. At once a breath and echo of the legend, a soul’s jornada, I, Joaquín reveals the bandit’s voice, his reflections on his life and death, his love and vengeance, and the lone purgatory from which he speaks. Listen as he tells of his birth in a small village along the Magdalena. Of his youthful quest for mustangs through the Sierra Madres, of his love for Rosita and the horrid day that sets him on the path to war. Listen as he confesses his murders and mistresses, his head encased in a jar of aguardiente de cabeza, his voice present therein. Listen...for Joaquín has a tale. “In a style as plain as an old man’s memory and with a young man’s brimming heart, Melvin Litton takes us to the landscape of the soul where history and myth meet”—Richard Rodriguez, author of Brown: The Last Discovery of America
Dangerous Strangers
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Author : K. Mullen
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-08-19
Dangerous Strangers written by K. Mullen and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-19 with History categories.
Have newcomers to American cities been responsible for a disproportionate amount of violent crime? Dangerous Strangers takes up this question by examining the incidence of criminal violence among several waves of immigrant/ethnic groups in San Francisco over 150 years. By looking at a variety of groups - Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese immigrants, primarily - and their different experiences at varying times in the city's history, this study addresses the issue of how much violence can be attributed to new groups' treatment by the host society and how much can be traced to traits found in their community of origin. Dangerous Strangers fills an acknowledged gap in the literature of homicide studies and broadens our understanding of newcomer violence.
History Of California Early Mining Times Progress Of San Francisco State Growth
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Author : Theodore Henry Hittell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
History Of California Early Mining Times Progress Of San Francisco State Growth written by Theodore Henry Hittell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with California categories.
General history of California.
Joaquin Fuertes The Fuertes Collection 1 3
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Author : Chiquita Dennie
language : en
Publisher: Chiquita Dennie
Release Date : 2022-03-30
Joaquin Fuertes The Fuertes Collection 1 3 written by Chiquita Dennie and has been published by Chiquita Dennie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-30 with Fiction categories.
Enjoy this steamy possessive, dark italian mafia billionaire romance.... Joaquin Fuertes Book 1 Sofia is a world-famous actress and singer on Broadway. Being on the stage has been a lifelong dream. Living in New York, her life is a non-stop roller coaster of parties, magazine shoots, and more. Once her friendship with Sabrina Washington became public, any and everything was put on notice. Joaquin is a quiet deadly force. He’s known in the illegal business as Ghost. Someone that shows up only when the client needs to disappear. The second he bumps into Sofia after a meeting at the restaurant, her beauty causes his heart to beat faster. He reminds himself to not fall in love, only continue working in the shadows to keep his clients’ businesses out of the spotlight. Joaquin Fuertes Book 2 I never expected things would get this out of control. My sins have come back to haunt me and affect everyone I love. I forced my way into her life and turned things upside down. Not only am I dealing with snakes in business, but her family, and friends think we shouldn’t be together. The only problem is that I’ll never let her go. Joaquin Fuertes Book 3 Joaquin I'd prepared myself to slow down and be a husband and father to my children now that our lives had blown up in public. Sofia was still working and traveling nonstop as an actress and singer. I'd tried not to let my frustrations show and spill over into my family or business, but deep down, I could feel her pulling away more and more. Being the boss of a cartel didn’t mean anything to my wife because she fell in love with Joaquin and not the don of the Fuertes family. Keywords: love books, love stories, sexually romantic books, bwwm romance, bwwm, interracial romance, interracial, multicultural romance, BBW, curvy girl, billionaire romance, alpha male romance, contemporary romance, female, stories, sensual romance, alpha sexy hero, alpha male, dominant male, possessive, hot guy, fun summer reads, love and mixed race romance, romantic novels, black authors books, adult romance, curvygirlromance, steamy contemporary romance, celebrity, actress, kidnapped, stolen, no cliffhangers, one-night stand, kissing books, guaranteed HEA, happily ever after, african american heroine, Dark billionaire romance, mafia romance, romantic suspense, enemies to lovers, contemporary romance, steamy romance, billionaires romance, gothic romance suspense, arranged marriage romance, romantic thriller suspense books, crime boss romance, dark romance series, new adult contemporary romance, dark romance, action adventure romance, dark mafia romance, complete romance series, captive romance, capture and indentured, dominance and submission alpha business man book, possessive alpha romance Readers of Kennedy Ryan:Mia Black, Delaney Diamond,LolaLace, Nana Malone, Penelope Ward, Lauren Blakely, Kendall Ryan, Leigh James,Talia Hibbert, Farrah Rochon, Vi Keeland, Mia Sosa, Jasmine Guillory, Zuri Day, Tessa Bailey, Colleen Hoover, Kennedy Ryan, Maureen Smith, Naima Simone, EmberCasey, Brittney Cherry, BB.Reid,Annika Martin, Lena Sky, Bella Jacobs, Heather West, Jodi Ellen Malpas, Skye Warren, Pepper Winters, E.L. James.
Almost All Aliens
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Author : Paul Spickard
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-09-15
Almost All Aliens written by Paul Spickard and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with History categories.
Almost All Aliens offers a unique reinterpretation of immigration in the history of the United States. Setting aside the European migrant-centered melting-pot model of immigrant assimilation, Paul Spickard, Francisco Beltrán, and Laura Hooton put forward a fresh and provocative reconceptualization that embraces the multicultural, racialized, and colonially inflected reality of immigration that has always existed in the United States. Their astute study illustrates the complex relationship between ethnic identity and race, slavery, and colonial expansion. Examining the lives of those who crossed the Atlantic, as well as those who crossed the Pacific, the Caribbean, and the North American Borderlands, Almost All Aliens provides a distinct, inclusive, and critical analysis of immigration, race, and identity in the United States from 1600 until the present. The second edition updates Almost All Aliens through the first two decades of the twenty-first century, recounting and analyzing the massive changes in immigration policy, the reception of immigrants, and immigrant experiences that whipsawed back and forth throughout the era. It includes a new final chapter that brings the story up to the present day. This book will appeal to students and researchers alike studying the history of immigration, race, and colonialism in the United States, as well as those interested in American identity, especially in the context of the early twenty-first century.