Forging the tortilla curtain : cultural drift and change along the United States-Mexico border, from the Spanish era to the present /

Thomas Torrans' narrative is a sweeping history of the 2000-mile-long borderlands from the time of the early Spanish intrusions in their endless quest for gold to the recent invasions of multi-nationals in their endless quest for cheap labor. It is a fascinating story of the long struggle to es...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Torrans, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fort Worth : TCU Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Acculturation > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Social change > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Acculturation
International relations
Social change
Grenzgebiet
Akkulturation
Sozialer Wandel
Mexican-American Border Region > History.
United States > Relations > Mexico.
Mexico > Relations > United States.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Histoire.
Mexico
North America > Mexican-American Border Region
United States
Mexiko
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Thomas Torrans' narrative is a sweeping history of the 2000-mile-long borderlands from the time of the early Spanish intrusions in their endless quest for gold to the recent invasions of multi-nationals in their endless quest for cheap labor. It is a fascinating story of the long struggle to establish a boundary as an institution and cultural margin of the two Americas -- an Anglo North and a Latin South.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 424 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-403) and index.
ISBN:0585414718
9780585414713

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