02494nam 2200565 a 450 991078017280332120230207223005.00-585-41471-8(CKB)111056486856554(OCoLC)613372865(CaPaEBR)ebrary10005707(SSID)ssj0000157156(PQKBManifestationID)11155873(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000157156(PQKBWorkID)10131528(PQKB)11072405(MiAaPQ)EBC3410336(Au-PeEL)EBL3410336(CaPaEBR)ebr10005707(OCoLC)923424568(EXLCZ)9911105648685655420000412d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrForging the tortilla curtain[electronic resource] cultural drift and change along the United States-Mexico border, from the Spanish era to the present /by Thomas TorransFort Worth TCU Pressc20001 online resource (439 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-87565-231-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-403) and index.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.AcculturationMexican-American Border RegionHistorySocial changeMexican-American Border RegionHistoryMexican-American Border RegionHistoryUnited StatesRelationsMexicoMexicoRelationsUnited StatesAcculturationHistory.Social changeHistory.972/.1Torrans Thomas1578827MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780172803321Forging the tortilla curtain3858507UNINA