Hernandez highlights how race and discrimination influenced the development of the Border Patrol especially in targeting Mexican migrants. This shows that enforcement was not just about law, but also about social attitudes and power structures at the time. #Hist416

How does Hernandez's use of government records and local sources change the way we understand the Border Patrol compared to a more traditional political narrative? #Hist416

One thing that stood out to me is how Hernandez includes Mexico's role in border enforcement. It challenges the idea that only the U.S. controlled the border and shows that both nations were involved in shaping it. #Hist416

Hernandez shows that the Border Patrol was not simply created by federal policy, but shaped by local demands, especially from employers who wanted control over labor. This makes the Border Patrol seem like something that developed over time rather than a fixed institution. #Hist416

Seman's microhistorically approach makes it easier to see how everyday people in the borderlands experienced faith, healing, and political change during this period. #Hist416

The story of Teresa Urrea shows how spiritual leaders could also become political symbols, especially during the tensions of the Porfirio Diaz era in Mexico. #hist416

One interesting part of Borderlands Curanderos is how curanderos gained influence outside official institutions like the church or the state. Their authority came directly from the trust of their communities. #Hist416

The stories of Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito show how religious authority could challenge political authority in the borderlands during the Porfirio Diaz era. #Hist416

One thing that stood out to me in Borderlands Curanderos is how curanderos served both spiritual and social roles in borderlands communities, especially where formal medicine was limited. #Hist416

Just published my blog on Borderlands Curanderos and how Jennifer Seman uses microhistory to explain faith, healing, and resistance in the borderlands through the lives of Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo. #Hist416