Gangs of the El Paso-Juárez borderland : a history /
Author / Creator: | Tapia, Mike, 1974- author. |
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Edition: | First edition. |
Imprint: | Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019. |
Description: | 188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12002628 |
Summary: | This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso-Juárez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning 130 miles from east to west. From the badlands--the historically notorious eastern Valle de Juárez--to the Puerto Palomas port of entry at Columbus, New Mexico, this area has become more militarized and politicized than ever before. Mike Tapia examines this region by exploring a century of historical developments through a criminological lens and by studying the diverse subcultures on both sides of the law. |
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Physical Description: | 188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-178) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780826361097 0826361099 9780826361103 |