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Imaginary lines : border enforcement and the origins of undocumented immigration, 1882-1930 /
"Although popularly conceived as a relatively recent phenomenon, patterns of immigrant smuggling and undocumented entry across American land borders first emerged in the late nineteenth century. Ingenious smugglers and immigrants, long and remote boundary lines, and strong push-and-pull factors...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin, Tex. :
University of Texas Press,
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The menaces without : immigrant aliens and the origins of immigration restrictions
- Diverted streams : discovering a permeable border, 1882-1891
- Drawing the lines : blueprints for immigration enforcement on the borders, 1891-1910
- Erasing the lines : immigrant ingenuity on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1895-1910
- Northward bound : Mexican immigrants, migrants, and refugees at the border, 1900-1921
- The sisyphean task : origins of the modern border
- An imaginary line : change and continuity on the U.S.-Mexico border.