Rebellion in the borderlands: anarchism and the Plan of San Diego, 1904-1923

565 Pages·1992·2.82 MB·English

by  James A. Sandos

Rebellion in the Borderlands : Anarchism
title:
and the Plan of San Diego, 1904-1923
author: Sandos, James A.
publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin: 0806124334
print isbn13: 9780806124339
ebook isbn13: 9780585170169
language: English
Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)--History,
San Diego Region (Tex.)--History, Flores
subject Magón, Ricardo,--1873-1922--Influence,
Anarchism--Texas--History--20th century,
Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.
publication date: 1992
lcc: F392.R5S26 1992eb
ddc: 976.4/463
Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)--History,
San Diego Region (Tex.)--History, Flores
subject:
Magón, Ricardo,--1873-1922--Influence,
Anarchism--Texas--History--20th century,
Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.
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Rebellion in the Borderlands
Anarchism and the Plan of San Diego, 1904-1923
By James A. Sandos
University of Oklahoma Press: Norman and London
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Text and jacket design by Bill Cason.
Sandos, James A.
Rebellion in the borderlands: anarchism and the Plan of San
Diego, 19041923 / by James A. Sandos1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8061-2433-4 (alk. paper)
1. Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)History. 2. San Diego Region
(Tex.)History. 3. Flores Magón, Ricardo, 1873-1922Influence.
4. AnarchismTexasHistory20th century. 5. MexicoHistory
Revolution, 1910-1920. I. Title.
F392.R5S26 1992
976.4'463dc20 91-50870
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Copyright©1992 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman,
Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved.
Manufactured in the U.S.A. First edition.
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For Eleanor Birkland Sandos,
who always encouraged my curiosity
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Contents
Illustrations List ix
Acknowledgments xi
A Note on Terminology xiii
Introduction xv
Abbreviations 2
Chapter 1. Becoming an Anarchist 3
Chapter 2. A Political Revolution 24
Chapter 3. A Contradiction in Terms 46
Chapter 4. South Texas 63
Chapter 5. The Plan of San Diego 79
Chapter 6. Assigning Blame 101
Chapter 7. The Plan of San Diego: Followers and 125
Adherents
Chapter 8. The Plan of San Diego: International 141
Connections and Confrontations
Chapter 9. Repressing Dissent and the Plan of San Diego 154
Chapter 10. Conclusion 172
Notes 178
Essay on Sources 205
Bibliography 211
Index 225
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Illustrations
Figures
1. Poster of Anarchism 19
2. Poster of Liberation 53
3. Cartoon of U.S. relations with Mexican factions 54
4. Norias ranch house, 1915 90
5. Dead raiders at Norias, 1915 91
6. Plan of San Diego banner, 1915 93
7. Plan of San Diego handbill, 1915 95
8. Fresnos pump station, 1915 96
9. S. S. Dodds's burned Ford Roadster, 1915 97
10. Poster of Direct Action 99
11. Luis de la Rosa, 1914 102
12. Train wreck, Tandy's Station, 1915 104
13. U.S. Army troops entrenched along the Rio Grande, 105
1915-1916
14. U.S. Army troops, Rio Grande, 1915-1916 106
15. Mexicans and Americans on the Brownsville bridge, 123
November 1915. Venustiano Carranza, center left, with
glasses and full beard; behind his right shoulder, General
Emiliano P. Nafarrate
16. Poster of U.S. government closure of anarchist 136
newspapers, 1916
17. Ricardo and Enríque Flores Magón 139
18. Cartoon, "For the Love of Mike, Raid Us!" 158
Graph
Percentage of population by origin, Lower Rio Grande 65
Valley, 1900-1920
Maps
1. Approximate location and extent of irrigated land, 67
Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1900 and 1920
2. Growth of the railroad in South Texas, 1880-1920 68
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Tables
1.Regeneración distribution by leading destination 59
(subscribers and papers), November 22, 1915
2. American Socialist Press subscribing to Regeneración, 60
1915, by circulation
3. Select Anarchist Press in America subscribing to 61
Regeneración, 1914-1916
4. Total population and population by county, Lower Rio 66
Grande Valley, 1900-1920
5. Increase in irrigated land, Lower Rio Grande Valley and 69
Texas, 1909-1919
6. Value of farm property, Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1900- 70
1920
7. Increase in capital invested in irrigation, Lower Rio 70
Grande Valley and Texas, 1900-1920