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Torrans Thomas |
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Forging the tortilla curtain [[electronic resource] ] : cultural drift and change along the United States-Mexico border, from the Spanish era to the present / / by Thomas Torrans |
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Fort Worth, : TCU Press, c2000 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (439 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Acculturation - Mexican-American Border Region - History |
Social change - Mexican-American Border Region - History |
Mexican-American Border Region History |
United States Relations Mexico |
Mexico Relations United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-403) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword: Mobility and myth -- Part One: The economics of space -- Mexico in America -- Borderland -- Priests and presidios -- Fiefs and filibusters -- Land of the dispossessed -- Windfall of the wild horse desert -- Part Two: Dividing the continent -- Corridor to the Pacific -- Americanizing Mexico -- "Down to Mexico to serve mankind" -- Part Three: A disparate unity -- Bounties and barriers -- From the palm of God's hand -- Oriental opium and Mexican marijuana -- Politics and profits of the "War on Drugs" -- Sin fronteras: toward a borderless world -- Epilog: Containment and commitment -- Notes -- Selected readings. |
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