عنوان

Running the border gauntlet :

(Number (ISBN

0313382131

(Number (ISBN

9780313382130

Erroneous ISBN

0313382123

Erroneous ISBN

9780313382123

Number

b712044

Title Proper

Running the border gauntlet :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the Mexican migrant controversy /

First Statement of Responsibility

Laurence Armand French.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Santa Barbara, Calif. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Praeger,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xv, 176 pages) :

Other Physical Details

maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index.

Text of Note

Historical Antecedents of U.S./Mexico Geopolitics. Religion, race, and imperialism -- Myths and realities of the annexation of Texas and the war with Mexico -- The history of border conflicts and their impact on migration trends and policies -- Mexican Migration and Social Issues from 1917 to Present. Labor and migration issues: 1917-64 -- Post-Bracero migration trends and issues -- Social and human justice issues -- Chronology of major events.

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Text of Note

This concise and cogent history of the Mexico/U.S. border conflict analyzes the acts that led to the current U.S. policy and its effects on immigration. In 2008, the United States allocated $3.5 billion for border patrol and $1 billion for the construction of a 700-mile fence between the United States and Mexico. The fence is unfinished, and the border remains a locus of anxiety, and often deadly struggle, as the drug war rages and jobs in both nations continue to disappear. Although immigration and the U.S./Mexico border are perennial election issues, few Americans are aware of the long history of racial, political, religious, and class conflict that have resulted in America's contentious immigration policies. This volume traces this complex history, examining events that eventually led to the forceful annexation of the majority of Mexico under the pretense of Manifest Destiny and that contribute to tensions between the two nations today. The story begins with religious discord between Protestants and Catholics and continues through the development of an economy based on slave labor, the annexation of Texas, the Mexican Revolution, the Bracero Program, NAFTA, and the "war on drugs." Among other revelations, the book challenges the long-held myths of the Texas revolution and the heroic role of the Texas Rangers and documents a continuing disregard for the welfare of indigenous populations. Drawing on all that went before, it explains not only the how and why of current U.S. immigration policy, but also its often devastating effects on migrant workers.

Title

Running the border gauntlet.

International Standard Book Number

9780313382123

Mexicans-- United States.

Emigration and immigration.

HISTORY-- State & Local-- General.

International relations.

Mexicans.

Mexico, Emigration and immigration.

Mexico, Relations, United States.

United States, Emigration and immigration.

United States, Relations, Mexico.

Mexico.

United States.

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HIS-- 036010

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Edition

Class number

Book number

French, Laurence,1941-

Date of Transaction

20201208023846.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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