Operation Gatekeeper : the rise of the "illegal alien" and the making of the U.S.-Mexico boundary /
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| Author / Creator: | Nevins, Joseph. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 2002. |
| Description: | xi, 286 p. : 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/4551310 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- 1.. Introduction
- 2.. The Creation of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary and the Remaking of the United States and Mexico in the Border Region
- 3.. Local Context and the Creation of Difference in the Border Region
- 4.. The Bounding of the United States and the Emergence of Operation Gatekeeper
- 5.. The Ideological Roots of the "Illegal": the "Other" as Threat and the Rise of the Boundary as the Symbol of Protection
- 6.. The Effects and Significance of the Bounding of the United States
- 7.. Nationalism, the Territorial State, and the Construction of Boundary-Related Identities
- 8.. Conclusion: Searching for Security in an Age of Intensifying Globalization
- Appendix A. Map: The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands in Southern California
- Appendix B. Map: Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
- Appendix C. Map: The Territorial Expansion of the United States
- Appendix D. Map: The Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary
- Appendix E. Chronology of Selected U.S. Immigration-and Boundary-Related Legislation and Developments
- Appendix F. Number of Border Patrol Agents Nationally, Fiscal Years 1925-2000
- Change in Number of Border Patrol Agents Nationally, Fiscal Years 1925-2000
- Appendix G. Cover from December 1974 Issue of The American Legion Magazine
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
