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Author:

Bruns, Roger A., 1941- author.

Title:

Border Towns and Border Crossings : A History of the U.S.-Mexico Divide / Roger Bruns.

Publisher:

Greenwoodan imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Mexican-American Border Region--History.
Mexican-American Border Region--History--Sources.
Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.
Borderlands--United States.
Borderlands--Mexico.
Border patrols--United States.
Immigration enforcement--United States.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Border patrols.
Borderlands.
Economic history.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigration enforcement.
Social conditions.
Mexico.
North America--Mexican-American Border Region.
United States.
History.
Sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.

Contents:

Creating the line -- Civil war border strategy -- Border unrest -- Boom towns along the border -- Mexico's revolution and violence on the border -- Patrolling the border -- "Operation Wetback" -- Chicano spirit on the border -- Fences, walls, and boundary enforcement -- Smuggling, guns, drugs, and violence -- NAFTA, maquiladoras, and border economics -- Dreamers and the politics of the border -- Cross-border spirit and cooperation.

Summary:

"This is a compelling and revealing look at the history of the U.S.-Mexican border as a place and symbol of cross-cultural melding and a source of growing anxiety over immigration and national security"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1440863520
9781440863523

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1097464349

LCCN:

2019013034

Locations:

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

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)