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"Every day, 40,000 commuters cross the U.S. Mexico border at Tijuana San Diego to go to work. Untold numbers cross illegally. Since NAFTA was signed into law, the border has become a greater obstacle for people moving between countries. Transnational powers have exerted greater control over the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Velasco Ortiz, M. Laura
Other Authors: Contreras Montellano, Oscar F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©2011.
Series:Voices of Latin American life.
Subjects:
Mexicans > Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
Mexican Americans > Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
Mexicans > Mexican-American Border Region > Ethnic identity.
Mexican Americans > Mexican-American Border Region > Ethnic identity.
Social ecology > Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexicains > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Conditions sociales.
Mexicains > Identité ethnique > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Identité ethnique > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Écologie sociale > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity
Mexican Americans > Social conditions
Mexicans > Ethnic identity
Mexicans > Social conditions
Social ecology
Social conditions
Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Conditions sociales.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Every day, 40,000 commuters cross the U.S. Mexico border at Tijuana San Diego to go to work. Untold numbers cross illegally. Since NAFTA was signed into law, the border has become a greater obstacle for people moving between countries. Transnational powers have exerted greater control over the flow of goods, services, information, and people. "Mexican Voices of the Border Region "examines the flow of people, commercial traffic, and the development of relationships across this border. Through first-person narratives, Laura Velasco Ortiz and Oscar F. Contreras show that since NAFTA, Tijuana has become a dynamic and significant place for both nations in terms of jobs and residents. The authors emphasize that the border itself has different meanings whether one crosses it frequently or not at all. The interviews probe into matters of race, class, gender, ethnicity, place, violence, and political economy as well as the individual's sense of agency." --
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 216 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.
ISBN:9781592139101
1592139108

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