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Clandestine crossings : migrants and coyotes on the Texas-Mexico border / David Spener.

LIBRA JV6475 .S64 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Spener, David, 1961-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Human smuggling--Mexican-American Border Region.
Human smuggling.
Immigrants--Mexican-American Border Region.
Immigrants.
Noncitizens--Mexican-American Border Region.
Noncitizens.
Illegal immigration--Mexican-American Border Region.
Illegal immigration.
Border crossing--Mexican-American Border Region.
Border crossing.
Emigration and immigration.
Social aspects.
Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
Mexico.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
United States.
Texas--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
Texas.
Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region.
Physical Description:
xiv, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Contents:
The unfolding of apartheid in South Texas : domination, resistance, and migration
Clandestine crossing at the beginning of the twenty-first century : the long march through the brush country
Coyotaje as a cultural practice applied to migration
Coyotaje and migration in the contemporary period
Trust, distrust, and power : the social embeddedness of coyote-assisted border-crossings
Passing judgment : coyotes in the discourse of clandestine border-crossing.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780801447495
0801447496
9780801475894
0801475899
OCLC:
320798680

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