Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: defining the region, objectives, and approaches -- Distinguishing characteristics and early history: frontier, borderlands, and border region -- Booms and busts on the border: economic development, 1880s to 1920s -- Life on the border: social change, 1880s to 1930s -- Booms and busts on the border: the Great Depression and World War II -- Economic trends since 1950: legacies of war and a globalizing economy -- The consequences of rapid growth in the border region: social and cultural -- Border issues in U.S.-Mexican relations: boundary, environment, health, and Native Americans -- Border issues in U.S.-Mexican relations: drug trafficking, security, migration, NAFTA, and transborder cooperation.
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