¡Viva George! celebrating Washington's birthday at the US-Mexico border /

"For more than a century, the border cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, have celebrated George Washington's birthday with parades, pageants, and other festivities. This project uses that long-standing tradition as a lens to examine binational relations and cross-border...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peña, Elaine A., 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2020]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture.
Temas:
Festivals > Texas > Laredo > History.
Festivals > Mexico > Nuevo Laredo > History.
Political customs and rites > Texas > Laredo.
Political customs and rites > Mexico > Nuevo Laredo.
Festivals > Texas > Laredo > International cooperation > History.
Festivals > Mexico > Nuevo Laredo > International cooperation > History.
Ethnosociology > Mexican-American Border Region.
Mœurs politiques > Texas > Laredo.
Mœurs politiques > Mexique > Nuevo Laredo.
Ethnosociologie > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Ethnosociology.
Festivals.
International relations.
Political customs and rites.
Laredo (Tex.) > Relations > Mexico > Nuevo Laredo.
Mexico > Nuevo Laredo.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Texas > Laredo.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. From Border Capricho to Border Scaffolding
  • Part I. Playing for Power
  • 1. Playing Indian, Playing Colonial
  • 2. Playing Mexican
  • Part II. Playing under Duress
  • 3. Hurricane Alice and the International Bridge Closure Crisis
  • 4. Paso Libre
  • 5. Us, Them, and Festive Security
  • Conclusion. Why Study Border Enactments?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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