Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the border region and to the case study cities
  • Land and housing production in the colonias of Texas and Mexico
  • Servicing no man's land : ambivalence versus commitment in the Texas-Mexico colonias
  • Settlements or communities? Social organization and participation in the colonias
  • Social services to colonias : shifting the focus toward means rather than ends
  • Conclusion--Texas colonias and the next policy wave.