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Author:

Ettinger, Patrick W.

Title:

Imaginary lines : border enforcement and the origins of undocumented immigration, 1882-1930 / Patrick Ettinger.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--History--History--19th century.
United States--Government policy.--Government policy.
Immigration enforcement--United States--History--19th century.
Mexico--History--History--19th century.
Mexican-American Border Region--History--History--19th century.
Illegal aliens--United States--History--19th century.
Illegal aliens--Government policy--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The menaces without : immigrant aliens and the origins of immigration restrictions -- Diverted streams : discovering a permeable border, 1882-1891 -- Drawing the lines : blueprints for immigration enforcement on the borders, 1891-1910 -- Erasing the lines : immigrant ingenuity on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1895-1910 -- Northward bound : Mexican immigrants, migrants, and refugees at the border, 1900-1921 -- The sisyphean task : origins of the modern border -- An imaginary line : change and continuity on the U.S.-Mexico border.

ISBN:

0292721188 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292721180 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317698731

LCCN:

2009013817

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)