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Cruelty as Citizenship: Contents

Cruelty as Citizenship

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Contents

Introduction: Immigration, Latinos, and the Politics of the White Racial Imaginary

1. Freedom on the Frontier: White Democracy and America’s Revolutionary Spirit

2. A Desire for Land but Not People: Herrenvolk Democracy and the Violent Legacies of the Mexican-American War

3. Authorized Violence: Migrant Suffering and Participatory (White) Democracy

Conclusion: Migrant Futurity, Divided Whiteness, and the Authoritarian Turn

Notes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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