Texas and the Mexican Revolution
April 03, 2014
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3373649-texas-and-the-mexican-revolution?from_search=true Texas and the Mexican Revolution: A Study in State and National Border Policy,…
Linda Hall
Research Statement: Dr. Hall’s published work has focused principally on the Mexican Revolution and the U.S.-Mexican border, and includes the volumes Alvaro Obregón: Power and Revolution in Mexico, 1911-1920; Texas and the Mexican Revolution: A Study in State and National Border Policy, 1910-1920; and Oil, Banks and Politics: The United States and Mexico, 1917-1924. Dr. Hall’s scholarly interests also extend beyond Mexico, encompassing both U.S.-Latin American relations and regional studies more broadly. She has made contributions in comparative work involving Argentina, Cuba and Brazil, co-authored Tangled Destinies: Latin America and the United States with Don M. Coever. In 2004 she published Mother and Warrior: The Virgin Mary in Spain and Latin America with the University of Texas Press. Her recent book, Dolores Del Rio: Beauty in Light and Shade, was published by Stanford University Press in 2013. During her tenure at UNM, Dr. Hall has been the recipient of numerous academic honors and fellowships, including the year 2000 University Research Lecturer and the 1988 Medalla de Acero de Mérito Histórico from the Society of History, Geography and Statistics of Nuevo Leon. Profile: Linda Hall has been a professor of Latin American History at UNM since 1986, where she also served as director of Latin American Studies between 1995 and 2000. Her published work has focused principally on the Mexican Revolution and the U.S.—Mexican border. Her scholarly interests also extend beyond Mexico, encompassing both U.S.—Latin American relations and regional studies more broadly. Recently, her research has turned to issues of religion, gender, and film in Latin America.
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