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The crossing : El Paso, the Southwest, and America's forgotten origin story / Richard Parker.

Parker, Richard (Journalist), (author.).

Summary:

"A radical work of history that re-centers the American story around El Paso, Texas, gateway between north and south, center of indigenous power and resistance, locus of European colonization of North America, centuries-long hub of immigration, and underappreciated modern blueprint for a changing United States."-- From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063161917
ISBN: 0063161915
Physical Description: viii, 439 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2025]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Some of the material in this book has been previously published in another format."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-424) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- Part I. 1598 -- Ancestors, 38,000 BCE-1550 CE --The great revolt, 1680-1700 -- Mustangs, 1700-1720 -- The Americans, 1800-1820 -- Part II. Concordia, 1821-46 -- Mars returns, 1846-48 -- Inferno, 1849-60 -- The fifth circle, 1861-62 -- The seventh circle, 1863-80 -- The ninth circle, 1881-1900 -- Part III. Revolution and betrayal, 1900-1920 -- The Klan, 1921-39 -- A world at war, 1940-41 -- War and hope, 1941-50 -- Part IV. Civil rights, 1951-59 -- The new frontier, 1960-69 -- Hell Paso, 1971-89 -- Drugs and money, 1997-2011 -- Part V. Strangers in the land of Egypt, 2018 -- 'Everything down here sticks, stings, or bites,' 2019 -- The day hate came to El Paso, 2019 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.