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Author:

Valerio-Jiménez, Omar S. (Omar Santiago), 1963-

Title:

River of hope : forging identity and nation in the Rio Grande borderlands / Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiv, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Group identity--Lower Rio Grande Valley.--Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Group identity--Mexican-American Border Region.
Citizenship--Political aspects--United States.
Citizenship--Political aspects--Mexico.
Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)--History.
Mexican-American Border Region--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-353) and index.

Contents:

Constructing Vecinos, constructing Indios -- Fragmented communities -- Opposing forces -- Bandidos or citizens? -- Divorcées, rancheros, and peons -- Contested citizenship.

ISBN:

0822351854 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822351856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822351714 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822351719 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)783520881

LCCN:

2012011638

Locations:

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

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)