Catarino Garza's revolution on the Texas-Mexico border /

Catarino Erasmo Garza was one of many people in South Texas/Northern Mexico who resisted the Porfirio Diaz regime in the 1890s. Garza was primarily a journalist who advocated for Mexican rights in the highly racist region; he also took up arms against Diaz from 1891 to 1893. He was eventually defeated and forced into exile. Young's interdisciplinary work looks at Garza's writings, the intertwined concepts of honor and gender, economic expansion in the region, the influence of the Spanish-language press, ballads/corridos, and various cultural influences to create a complex picture of that time and place. Young's version of the border is all encompassing, culturally rich and diverse, filled with people with their own agendas. Garza was not merely a border bandit but a self-appointed crusader against all sorts of repression. His revolution was a response to a complicated mixture of economic injustice, political impotence, and racism. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty; schools with Mexican American studies programs. J. A Stuntz West Texas A&M University