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Book Review
Racial Borders: Black Soldiers along the Rio Grande. By James N. Leiker. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2002. xiv, 241 pp. $34.95, ISBN 1-58544-158-9.)
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The history of black soldiers in west Texas from 1865 to 1917 is recounted from a new perspective in this study by James N. Leiker. He presents the events through the prism of the region's transformation from frontier to border. Adding in the influence of class, nationality, and race helps provide depth to the analysis. |
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