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.

Sociology.

Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions--21st century.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages) : illustrations ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Kids in cages, family separations, thousands dying in the desert. Police violence and corruption. Environmental devastation. These are just some of the dramatic stories recounted by veteran journalist Miriam Davidson in The Beloved Border. This groundbreaking work of original reporting also gives hope for the future, showing how border people are responding to the challenges with compassion and creativity. The book draws on a variety of sources to explain how border issues intersect and how the current situation, while made worse under the Trump administration, is in fact the result of decades of prohibition, crackdowns, and wall building on the border. Davidson addresses subjects such as violence in Mexico, particularly against the press; cross-border gun smuggling and legal gun sales; the rise in migrant detentions, deportations, and deaths since the crackdown began; controversy over humanitarian aid in the desert; border patrol crimes and abuses; and the legal, ethical, and moral issues raised by increased police presence and militarization on the border. The book also looks at the environmental impact of wall building and construction of a planned copper mine near Tucson, especially on the jaguar and other endangered species. Davidson shares the history of sanctuary and argues that this social movement and others that have originated on the border are vanguards of larger global movements against the mistreatment of migrant workers and refugees, police brutality, and other abuses of human and natural rights. She gives concrete examples of positive ways in which border people are promoting local culture and cross-border solidarity through health care, commerce, food, art, and music. While death and suffering continue to occur, The Beloved Border shows us how the U.S.-Mexico border could be, and in many ways already is, a model for peaceful coexistence worldwide"-- From publisher's website.

"The Beloved Border is a potent and timely report on the U.S.-Mexico border. Though this book tells of the unjust death and suffering that occurs in the borderlands, Davidson gives us hope that the U.S.-Mexico border could be, and in many ways already is, a model for peaceful coexistence worldwide"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Praise for Miriam Davidson

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Prologue: A Fable for Tomorrow

I. GANGLAND

One. Mexico's Torment

From Paradise to Gangland

No Excuse

A Litany of Impunity

Two. Prohibition Then and Now

The Border Then

The Border Transformed

The Border Now

Three. Where the Guns Go

Fast and Furious

Where the Guns Go

Profiteers Big and Small

II. SLAVERY

Four. All They Will Call You

Operation Streamline

Kids in Detention

Deportees

Five. Death in the Desert

The Man in the Road

Water Poured Out

Naming the Dead

Six. Under Color of Law

Border Agents on Trial

Checkpoints

Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

III. THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM

Seven. The Triumph of Sanctuary

Sanctuary Established

Sanctuary Revived

Sanctuary Everywhere

Eight. The Jaguar

El Jefe

Viviendo con Felinos

"A Surprising Eden"

Nine. El Norte

El Grupo Guadalupano

The Solar Wall

El Norte

Epilogue: A Positive Vision for the U.S.-Mexico Region

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816544202

0816544204

OCLC:

1264712179