Why walls won't work : repairing the US-Mexico divide /

Why walls won't work : repairing the US-Mexico divide /

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Author / Creator:	Dear, M. J. (Michael J.)
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Mexican-American Border Region -- History. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11301917

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ISBN:	9780199897988 0199897980 9781299456952 1299456952 9780199897995 0199897999
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	Why Walls Won't Work is a sweeping account of life along the United States-Mexico border zone, tracing the border's history of cultural interaction since the earliest Mesoamerican times to the present day. As soon as Mexicans, American settlers, and indigenous peoples came into contact along the Rio Grande in the mid-nineteenth century, new forms of interaction and affiliation evolved. By the late-twentieth century, the border states were among the fastest-growing regions in both countries. But as Michael Dear warns, this vibrant zone of economic, cultural and social connectivity is today threatened by highly restrictive American immigration and security policies as well as violence along the border. The U.S. border-industrial complex and the emerging Mexican narco-state are undermining the very existence of the 'third nation' occupying the space between Mexico and the U.S. Through a series of evocative portraits of contemporary border communities, Dear reveals how the promise and potential of this 'in-between' nation still endures and is worth protecting. Now with a new chapter updating this story and suggesting what should be done about the challenges confronting the cross-border zone, Why Walls Won't Work represents a major intellectual intervention into one of the most hotly-contested political issues of our era.
Other form:	Print version: 9781299456952

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
1. Monuments, Mexico, and Manifest Destiny
2. Maps without Borders: Continuity and Connection in Early Times
3. From Frontier Settlements to Transborder Cities
4. Law and Order at the Border
5. Third Nation before the Wall
6. Third Nation of the Mind
7. Fortress USA
8. Mexico: Narco-State or Failed State?
9. Third Nation Interrupted
10. Why Walls Won't Work
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index