Border Towns and Border Crossings
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Border Towns and Border Crossings

A History of the U.S.-Mexico Divide

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Border Towns and Border Crossings

A History of the U.S.-Mexico Divide

About this book

This is a compelling and revealing look at the history of the U.S.-Mexico border as a place, a symbol of cross-cultural melding, and a source of growing anxiety over immigration and national security. The U.S.-Mexico border is far more than a line that separates two countries. A winding path of nearly 2, 000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, it is history, commerce, and culture. In recent years, however, attitudes about border crossings and border issues have hardened as has immigration policy. A source of growing anxiety over illegal immigration, national security, and safety, the border has become a symbol of political cataclysm over immigration law and enforcement, the future of DACA, the increasingly harsh treatment of refugees and others who attempt to cross without authorization, and the future of U.S. policy. This book traces the history of the border and its people, from the creation of the border line to explosive issues surrounding immigration and the future of the United States as a nation of diverse cultures and races.

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Yes, you can access Border Towns and Border Crossings by Roger Bruns in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Mexican History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781440863523
eBook ISBN
9798216055457

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Creating the Line
  7. 2. Civil War Border Strategy
  8. 3. Border Unrest
  9. 4. Boom Towns along the Border
  10. 5. Mexico’s Revolution and Violence on the Border
  11. 6. Patrolling the Border
  12. 7. “Operation Wetback”
  13. 8. Chicano Spirit on the Border
  14. 9. Fences, Walls, and Boundary Enforcement
  15. 10. Smuggling, Guns, Drugs, and Violence
  16. 11. NAFTA, Maquiladoras, and Border Economics
  17. 12. Dreamers and the Politics of the Border
  18. 13. Cross-Border Spirit and Cooperation
  19. Postscript
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index