James A. Garza
Associate Professor History University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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OLDH 639
Lincoln NE 68588-0327 - Phone
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402-472-2414 On-campus 2-2414
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jgarza2@unl.edu
James Garza is an Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A native of Laredo, Texas, his research focuses on Mexican, Latin American, Environmental, and Borderlands History and is the author of The Imagined Underworld: Sex, Crimes and Vice in Porfirian Mexico City (University of Nebraska Press, 2008) and has also recently co-edited two volumes. His upcoming book, Re-Engineering the Waters, Environment, Progress, and Community in the Valley of Mexico, 1876-1911 focuses on the environmental transformation of the Valley of Mexico during the late Nineteenth Century. Prof. Garza teaches courses on the History of Mexico, Latin America, and the History of Modern Crime.