LEADER 04587nam 22007694a 450 001 9910777761803321 005 20230207224924.0 010 $a0-292-79544-0 024 7 $a10.7560/713338 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472957 035 $a(OCoLC)646760641 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245666 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000214721 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204387 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214721 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167242 035 $a(PQKB)10145685 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443198 035 $a(OCoLC)156911082 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2111 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245666 035 $a(DE-B1597)588181 035 $a(OCoLC)1286806533 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795440 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472957 100 $a20051219d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the edge of the law$b[electronic resource] $eculture, labor, and deviance on the south Texas border /$fChad Richardson & Rosalva Resendiz 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-71333-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [324]-342) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: earthquakes and volcanoes along the south Texas border -- Traditional health care practices / with Cristina De Juana -- Other cultural beliefs and practices / with Ana Leos and Mari?a Isabel Ayala -- Displaced workers / with Priti Verma -- Undocumented workers / with Alberto Rodriguez -- Immigration enforcement issues / with Cristina De Juana -- Drug smuggling / with Lupe Trevin?o -- Property crime (shoplifting and auto theft) along the border / with Jesse Garcia and Hector Garcia -- American lives, Mexican justice / with Juan Jose? Bustamante -- Dropping out / with John Cavazos -- Conclusion. 330 $aThe Valley of South Texas is a region of puzzling contradictions. Despite a booming economy fueled by free trade and rapid population growth, the Valley typically experiences high unemployment and low per capita income. The region has the highest rate of drug seizures in the United States, yet its violent crime rate is well below national and state averages. The Valley's colonias are home to the poorest residents in the nation, but their rates of home ownership and intact two-parent families are among the highest in the country for low-income residential areas. What explains these apparently irreconcilable facts? Since 1982, faculty and students associated with the Borderlife Research Project at the University of Texas-Pan American have interviewed thousands of Valley residents to investigate and describe the cultural and social life along the South Texas-Northern Mexico border. In this book, Borderlife researchers clarify why Valley culture presents so many apparent contradictions as they delve into issues that are "on the edge of the law"?traditional health care and other cultural beliefs and practices, displaced and undocumented workers, immigration enforcement, drug smuggling, property crime, criminal justice, and school dropout rates. The researchers' findings make it plain that while these issues present major challenges for the governments of the United States and Mexico, their effects and contradictions are especially acute on the border, where residents must daily negotiate between two very different economies; health care, school, and criminal justice systems; and worldviews. 606 $aSubculture$zTexas 606 $aSubculture$zMexican-American Border Region 606 $aMexicans$zTexas$xSocial conditions 606 $aMexicans$zMexican-American Border Region$xSocial conditions 606 $aLabor$zTexas 606 $aLabor$zMexican-American Border Region 606 $aCrime$zTexas 606 $aCrime$zMexican-American Border Region 615 0$aSubculture 615 0$aSubculture 615 0$aMexicans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aMexicans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aLabor 615 0$aLabor 615 0$aCrime 615 0$aCrime 676 $a306/.109721 700 $aRichardson$b Chad$f1943-$01494565 701 $aResendiz$b Rosalva$01577018 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777761803321 996 $aOn the edge of the law$93855228 997 $aUNINA