Border Towns and Border Crossings : A History of the U.S.-Mexico Divide / Roger Bruns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruns, Roger A., 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican-American Border Region--History.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Mexican-American Border Region--History--Sources.

Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.

Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.

Borderlands--United States.

Borderlands.

United States.

Borderlands--Mexico.

Mexico.

Border patrols--United States.

Border patrols.

Immigration enforcement--United States.

Immigration enforcement.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration.

Economic history.

Social conditions.

North America--Mexican-American Border Region.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2019]

Summary:

"This is a compelling and revealing look at the history of the U.S.-Mexican border as a place and symbol of cross-cultural melding and a source of growing anxiety over immigration and national security"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Creating the line

Civil war border strategy

Border unrest

Boom towns along the border

Mexico's revolution and violence on the border

Patrolling the border

"Operation Wetback"

Chicano spirit on the border

Fences, walls, and boundary enforcement

Smuggling, guns, drugs, and violence

NAFTA, maquiladoras, and border economics

Dreamers and the politics of the border

Cross-border spirit and cooperation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bruns, Roger A., 1941- author. Border towns and border crossings

ISBN:

9781440863523

1440863520

OCLC:

1097464349