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Author:

Ganster, Paul, author.

Title:

The U.S.-Mexican border today : conflict and cooperation in historical perspective / Paul Ganster with David E. Lorey.

Edition:

Third edition.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxiv, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mexican-American Border Region--History--21st century.
Mexican-American Border Region--History--20th century.
United States--Relations--Mexico.
Mexico--Relations--United States.

Other Authors:

Lorey, David E., author.

Other Titles:

U.S.-Mexican border into the twenty-first century

Notes:

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.

Series:

Latin American silhouettes

ISBN:

1442231114
9781442231115
1442231106
9781442231108

OCLC:

(OCoLC)919479051

LCCN:

2015014338

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)