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The beloved border : humanity and hope in a contested land / Miriam Davidson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davidson, Miriam, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions--21st century.
- Mexican-American Border Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource. : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- I Gangland
- 1 Mexico's Torment p. 9
- From Paradise to Gangland p. 14
- No Excuse p. 17
- A Litany of Impunity p. 23
- 2 Prohibition Then and Now p. 34
- The Border Then p. 36
- The Border Transformed p. 44
- The Border Now p. 52
- 3 Where the Guns Go p. 58
- Fast and Furious p. 59
- Where the Guns Go p. 64
- Profiteers Big and Small p. 70
- II Slavery
- 4 All They Will Call You p. 79
- Operation Streamline p. 80
- Kids in Detention p. 86
- Deportees p. 93
- 5 Death in the Desert p. 102
- The Man in the Road p. 103
- Water Poured Out p. 109
- Naming the Dead p. 115
- 6 Under Color of Law p. 123
- Border Agents on Trial p. 125
- Waste, Fraud, and Abuse p. 136
- III The Peaceable Kingdom
- 7 The Triumph of Sanctuary p. 145
- Sanctuary Established p. 146
- Sanctuary Revived p. 152
- Sanctuary Everywhere p. 155
- 8 The Jaguar p. 163
- El Jefe p. 164
- Viviendo con Felinos p. 171
- "A Surprising Eden" p. 174
- 9 El Norte p. 180
- El Grupo Guadalupano p. 183
- The Solar Wall p. 188
- El Norte p. 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780816544202
- 0816544204
- Publisher Number:
- 40030773877
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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