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""Latinx Civil Wars redefines the field of nineteenth-century American literary and historical studies by centering US Latinx lives and letters as foundational to the Civil War era. Jesse Alemán uncovers how figures like Tejano Confederate Manuel Yturri, who once wrote he'd ""rather be a Negro than [in the] military,"" or the elite Californio brothers José Antonio and Porfirio Jimeno – sent east for a US American education only to return linguistically divided, politically conflicted, and personally alienated – reveal the complex racial and national contradictions that shaped early Latinx identity. With archival precision and literary insight, this groundbreaking study recasts Latinidad as a product of war – not just between nations, but within the soul of a people caught between empires, allegiances, and languages."" - Marissa López, University of California, Los Angeles

""Latinx Civil Wars redefines the field of nineteenth-century American literary and historical studies by centering US Latinx lives and letters as foundational to the Civil War era. Jesse Alemán uncovers how figures like Tejano Confederate Manuel Yturri, who once wrote he'd ""rather be a Negro than [in the] military,"" or the elite Californio brothers José Antonio and Porfirio Jimeno – sent east for a US American education only to return linguistically divided, politically conflicted, and personally alienated – reveal the complex racial and national contradictions that shaped early Latinx identity. With archival precision and literary insight, this groundbreaking study recasts Latinidad as a product of war – not just between nations, but within the soul of a people caught between empires, allegiances, and languages."" - Marissa López, University of California, Los Angeles ""Much more than a record of Latinx participation in the Civil War, this book explores the internal struggles of individuals who were drawn into the conflict and emerged from it with a profoundly different relationship to the nation. Alemán deftly brings his untapped sources to life through personal letters and photos, capturing the in-betweenness of latinidad in a way that resonates with the present day. A masterful blend of research and storytelling, Latinx Civil Wars will be a foundational work for years to come."" - Kirsten Silva Gruesz, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Jesse Alemán is Professor of English and Presidential Teaching Fellow at the University of New Mexico. He is co-editor of Empire and the Literature of Sensation (2007), and The Latino Nineteenth Century (2016).

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