Border towns and border crossings : a history of the U.S.-Mexico divide /

"This is a compelling and revealing look at the history of the U.S.-Mexican border as a place and symbol of cross-cultural melding and a source of growing anxiety over immigration and national security"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bruns, Roger A., 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]
Temas:
Borderlands > United States.
Borderlands > Mexico.
Border patrols > United States.
Immigration enforcement > United States.
Régions frontalières > États-Unis.
Régions frontalières > Mexique.
Police de la frontière > États-Unis.
Émigration et immigration > Lois > Application > États-Unis.
Border patrols.
Borderlands.
Economic history.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigration enforcement.
Social conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Mexican-American Border Region > History > Sources.
Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region > Economic conditions.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Histoire.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Histoire > Sources.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Conditions sociales.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Conditions économiques.
Mexico.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Creating the line
  • Civil war border strategy
  • Border unrest
  • Boom towns along the border
  • Mexico's revolution and violence on the border
  • Patrolling the border
  • "Operation Wetback"
  • Chicano spirit on the border
  • Fences, walls, and boundary enforcement
  • Smuggling, guns, drugs, and violence
  • NAFTA, maquiladoras, and border economics
  • Dreamers and the politics of the border
  • Cross-border spirit and cooperation.

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