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Author:

Andreas, Peter, 1965-

Title:

Border games : policing the U.S.-Mexico divide / Peter Andreas.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xviii, 180 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Smuggling--Mexican-American Border Region.
Drug traffic--Government policy--United States.
Illegal aliens--Government policy--United States.
Border patrols--Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.
United States--Boundaries--Mexico.
Mexico--Boundaries--United States.
Boundaries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The escalation of border policing -- The political economy of global smuggling -- Creating the clandestine side of the border economy -- The escalation of drug control -- The escalation of immigration control -- Policing the external borders of the new Europe -- Borders restated -- Afterword: border games in a new security context.

ISBN:

0801475406 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801475405 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801448107 (alk. paper)
9780801448102 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)300981535

LCCN:

2009002164

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)