Borders and Immigration

The Geo-Politics of Marketplace Demands and Ethnic Relations

Laurence Armand French, Magdaleno Manzanárez

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2019
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781978753907
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Cultural Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Borders and immigration are topics dominating world affairs during the 21st century including North America. This book examines the historical antecedents to the current crisis notably along the U.S.A./Mexico border under the Trump administration. Both the immigration and border issues transcend the current Administration with a history as long as that of America itself. Market demands often determined the influx of immigrants into the United States resulting in periods of anti-immigrant backlash based on race and ethnic factors. The geo-politics of market factors and immigrant backlash is rooted in both de jure and de facto politics. These factors are examined in detail with particular attention to the treatment of indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter One: Genesis of the North American Trade Market
• Chapter Two: Colonial Antecedent to White Supremacy and Ethnic Cleansing
• Chapter Three: Manifest Destiny and U.S. Expansionism during the Nineteenth Century
• Chapter Four: Labor Exploitation and Emerging Immigration Policies
• Chapter Five: Geo-Political Foundations of Contemporary Border Trade and Security
• Chapter Six: Twentieth-Century Factors
• Chapter Seven: Emerging Social Unrest and Its Aftermath
• Chapter Eight: Border and Immigration Issues in the Twenty-First Century
• Chronology of Major Events
• Selected Bibliography
• Index
• Author Biographies