Border Towns and Border Crossings: A History of the U.S.-Mexico Divide
byRoger Bruns is a historian and former deputy executive director of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration.
20190919
Greenwood
Pages | 296 |
Topics | The Bracero Program;Cartel Violence;Chicano Movement;Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882;Gadsden Purchase;Immigration Law;Mexican Revolution;NAFTA and Border Economics;Nativism;Sister City Cooperation;Testimonies of Dreamers;Race and Ethnicity: Latino and Hispanic Studies |
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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.
- Explores the creation and development of the border in the late 19th century and the growing industrialization of the region in the early 20th century
- Examines the cross-border violence during the US Civil War and the Mexican Revolution, the increasing racial hostility and deportation policies in the 1930s and 1950s, and cartel violence
- Provides an unbiased assessment of the advent of the Chicano movement and politics on the border, NAFTA and border economics, and the increasingly hostile political debate over immigration and demands for a wall
- Provides critical background and contextual information to the events that have led to a turning point in America: How do we as a nation treat those seeking a new life at the border?
- Shows how the border has brought out feelings of community and acceptance along the border and at the same time birthed nativist and racial stereotypes
- Supplements political material with relatable information about the lives of cross-border workers and the blending of cultures along the border as they include food, language, and art
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Border Towns and Border Crossings: A History of the U.S.-Mexico Divide
Author(s): Bruns, Roger;Contributors: Bruns, Roger;Abstract: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.
- Explores the creation and development of the border in the late 19th century and the growing industrialization of the region in the early 20th century
- Examines the cross-border violence during the US Civil War and the Mexican Revolution, the increasing racial hostility and deportation policies in the 1930s and 1950s, and cartel violence
- Provides an unbiased assessment of the advent of the Chicano movement and politics on the border, NAFTA and border economics, and the increasingly hostile political debate over immigration and demands for a wall
- Provides critical background and contextual information to the events that have led to a turning point in America: How do we as a nation treat those seeking a new life at the border?
- Shows how the border has brought out feelings of community and acceptance along the border and at the same time birthed nativist and racial stereotypes
- Supplements political material with relatable information about the lives of cross-border workers and the blending of cultures along the border as they include food, language, and art
SortTitle: border towns and border crossings: a history of the u.s.-mexico divideAuthor Info:Roger BrunsauthorRoger Bruns is a historian and former deputy executive director of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration.
eISBN-13: 9781440863530Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440863530.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440863523Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 296Publication Date: 20190919- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Introduction ix10
- 1. Creating the Line 112
- 2. Civil War Border Strategy 2435
- 3. Border Unrest 3748
- 4. Boom Towns along the Border 6071
- 5. Mexico’s Revolution and Violence on the Border 7586
- Documents 90101
- Report from American Consulate in Nogales, Sonora, on Conditions along the Border, 1915 90101
- Plan de San Diego, 1915 91102
- Arizona Governor Offers Protection to Mexican Refugees, 1916 94105
- Testimony of Texas Representative J. T. Canales on Depredations by Texas Rangers on Mexican Border, 1919 95106
- 6. Patrolling the Border 98109
- Documents 108119
- President Wilson Vetoes Immigration Legislation, 1915 108119
- Report on Alien Smuggling at the Border, 1924 110121
- Interview with Immigrant Gerardo Chavez, 1979 112123
- Recollections of a Border Patrol Officer, David Blackwell, 1987 114125
- California “Apology Act” for the 1930s Mexican Repatriation Program, 2005 117128
- Reflections of Julian Hernandez, a Bracero Worker, 2010 118129
- 7. “Operation Wetback" 122133
- 8. Chicano Spirit on the Border 139150
- 9. Fences, Walls, and Boundary Enforcement 162173
- 10. Smuggling, Guns, Drugs, and Violence 191202
- 11. NAFTA, Maquiladoras, and Border Economics 211222
- 12. Dreamers and the Politics of the Border 228239
- 13. Cross-Border Spirit and Cooperation 245256
- Postscript 265276
- Bibliography 271282
- Index 277288
- About the Author 286297