{"product_id":"the-injustice-never-leaves-you-anti-mexican-violence-in-texas-9780674244825","title":"The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Caughey Western History Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Robert G. Athearn Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Lawrence W. Levine Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the TCU Texas Book Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the NACCS Tejas Foco Nonfiction Book Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Mar a Elena Mart nez Prize\u003cbr\u003eFrederick Jackson Turner Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A page-turner...Haunting...Bravely and convincingly urges us to think differently about Texas's past.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween 1910 and 1920, self-appointed protectors of the Texas-Mexico border--including members of the famed Texas Rangers--murdered hundreds of ethnic Mexicans living in Texas, many of whom were American citizens. Operating in remote rural areas, officers and vigilantes knew they could hang, shoot, burn, and beat victims to death without scrutiny. A culture of impunity prevailed. The abuses were so pervasive that in 1919 the Texas legislature investigated the charges and uncovered a clear pattern of state crime. Records of the proceedings were soon filed away as the Ranger myth flourished. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA groundbreaking work of historical reconstruction, \u003ci\u003eThe Injustice Never Leaves You\u003c\/i\u003e has upended Texas's sense of its own history. A timely reminder of the dark side of American justice, it is a riveting story of race, power, and prejudice on the border. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's an apt moment for this book's hard lessons...to go mainstream.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTexas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A reminder that government brutality on the border is nothing new.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartinez, Monica Mu:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Monica Muñoz Martinez is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin. She is cofounder of the nonprofit organization Refusing to Forget, which calls for a public reckoning with racial violence in Texas. In addition to winning six book prizes, \u003ci\u003eThe Injustice Never Leaves You\u003c\/i\u003e in 2019 was named a \u003ci\u003eFive Books\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book on White Supremacy and \u003ci\u003eTexas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e Best Texas Book of the Decade.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614585295122,"sku":"9780674244825","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd1f33da-e34b-4788-a392-0553bd682cdd.jpg?v=1732450765","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-injustice-never-leaves-you-anti-mexican-violence-in-texas-9780674244825","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}