Demographic dynamics of the U.S.-Mexico Border / John R. Weeks and Roberto Ham-Chande, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weeks, John Robert, 1944-

Ham Chande, Roberto.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican-American Border Region--Population--Congresses.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Migración de trabajadores--México.

Mexicanos en EE. UU.

Frontera Norte, México--Población.

EE. UU--Emigración e inmigración.

Population.

North America--Mexican-American Border Region.

Local Subjects:

Migración de trabajadores--México.

Mexicanos en EE. UU.

Frontera Norte, México--Población.

EE. UU--Emigración e inmigración.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 318 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Demographic dynamics of the US-Mexico Border.

Demographic dynamics/U.S.-Mexico border.

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Tex. : Texas Western Press, University of Texas at El Paso, ©1992.

Summary:

"Compilation of 15 articles of uneven quality and length from 1987 Binational Symposium on Population Issues along the US-Mexico Border held in Tijuana. Includes topics such as: border marriages, fertility on both sides of the border, emigration, infant mortality and family planning in northern Mexico, and economic impact of undocumented migrants in the US Southwest"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas

Contents:

A demographic perspective of the U.S.-Mexico border / Roberto Ham-Chande and John R. Weeks

A geodemographic definition of the Mexican northern border / Rene M. Zenteno Quintero and Rodolfo Cruz Piñeiro

Defining and demographically characterizing the southern border of the U.S. / Leo R. Chavez

Comparative sociodemographic indicators at the U.S.-Mexico border: 1980 / Linda S. Peterson and Eduardo E. Arriaga

Peculiarities of border marriage patterns / Julieta Quilodrán

Determinants of Anglo and Mexican American fertility on the U.S.-Mexico border / Charles W. Warren

Mortality of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants : comparisons with Mexico / Benjamin S. Bradshaw and W. Parker Frisbie.

Estimates of infant mortality for the northern border of Mexico / Leopoldo Núñez Fernández

Households and emigration in the northern border : the case of Reynosa / Rodolfo A. Tuirán

The floating population of the border / Gabriel Estrella Valenzuela

The economically active population in the northern region of Mexico / Mercedes Pedrero Nieto

The economic impact of undocumented workers in the Southwest of the United States / Frank D. Bean [and others]

Family planning in the border region of Mexico / Manuel Urbina

Perspectives on population and employment along the border / Victor Urquidi

Demographic dynamics in the context of the U.S.-Mexico border / John R. Weeks and Robert Ham- Chande.

Notes:

"Revised, updated, and edited versions of papers originally presented at the Binational Symposium on Population Issues Along the U.S-Mexico Border held in Tijuana, Mexico in 1987"--Page i.

Demographic dynamics/U.S.-Mexico border.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-307) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Demographic dynamics of the U.S.-Mexico Border.

ISBN:

0874042224

9780874042221

OCLC:

27007050