Main Title |
U.S.-Mexican border in the twentieth century : a history of economic and social transformation / |
Author |
Lorey, David E.
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Publisher |
Scholarly Resources, |
Year Published |
1999 |
OCLC Number |
40830081 |
ISBN |
0842027564 (paper : alk. paper) 0842027556 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Subjects |
Mexican-American Border Region--History--20th century ;
United States--Relations--Mexico ;
Mexico--Relations--United States ;
Frontera Norte, M exico--Condiciones econ omicas--Siglo XX ;
Estados Unidos--Relaciones--M exico ;
M exico--Relaciones--Estados Unidos
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
F787.L67 1999 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
03/28/2003 |
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Collation |
x, 195 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Defining the region, objectives, and approaches -- Distinguishing characteristics and early history: frontier, borderlands, border region ; The Colonial Period: life on a New World frontier ; From frontier to borderlands ; Conflict between the United States and Mexico ; Early border phenomena -- Booms and busts on the border: economic development, 1880s to 1920s ; The first border boom, 1880-1910 ; The border economy during the Mexican Revolution ; Prohibition on the border ; Early free trade -- Life on the border: social change, 1880s to 1930s ; 1880s to 1910 ; Causes of the Mexican Revolution ; The social character of the Revolution in the Mexican North ; The Revolutionary period on the U.S. side of the border ; Transboundary population movements during the Revolution, Prohibition, and Depression -- Booms and busts on the border, 1930s and 1940s ; The Great Depression ; World War II -- Economic trends since 1950: legacies of the wartime economy ; The border economy comes of age ; Mexican government policy and the border: PRONAF and BIP--the Maquiladoras -- The consequences of rapid growth in the border region: social change and cultural change since the 1940s ; Population and migration ; Urbanization ; Mexican Americans. The impact of migration on sending communities. Cultural evolutions. -- U.S.-Mexican relations at the border: 1890s to 1990s ; The elusive boundary: water, environmental issues, and drug trafficking ; Migration ; NAFTA in the border region. |
Place Published |
Wilmington, Del. : |
Alternate Title |
United States-Mexican border in the twentieth century |
PUB Date Free Form |
1999. |
Series Title Traced |
Latin American silhouettes |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
99012906 |
Merged OCLC records |
43402619 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20030326174351 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
03114cam 2200421 a 45020 |