LEADER 04494oam 2200601I 450 001 996248002003316 005 20230126203955.0 010 $a0-429-97820-0 010 $a0-367-09645-5 010 $a0-429-49857-8 010 $a0-429-96712-8 010 $a1-4294-8860-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780429498572 035 $a(CKB)1000000000548221 035 $a(dli)HEB02286 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5301964 035 $a(OCoLC)1027746014 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000005807607 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000548221 100 $a20180706d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aOn The Rim Of Mexico $eEncounters Of The Rich And Poor /$fRamon Eduardo Ruiz 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon :$cTaylor and Francis,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 258 p. )$cmap ; 311 $a0-8133-3734-8 311 $a0-8133-3499-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tpart, One Mexicans and Their Neighbors -- $tchapter 1 The Shifty Peso /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tchapter 2 Asymmetry /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tchapter 3 Black Legend /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tchapter 4 The Global Economy /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tchapter 5 The Disparate Society /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tchapter 6 Identity /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tpart, Two Binational Dimensions -- $tchapter 7 Unwelcome Strangers /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tchapter 8 La Migra /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tchapter 9 La Maldición /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tchapter 10 Man Against Nature /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz -- $tchapter 11 Dependency /$r Ramón Eduardo Ruiz. 330 2 $a"The vast stretch of mostly arid lands and deserts that makes up the border between Mexico and the United States is not only one of the longest international boundaries in the world, setting apart two entirely different countries for more than two thousand miles, it is the backdrop for a seemingly endless series of major binational news stories. Witness the headline-grabbing attention garnered by NAFTA and the global economy; the assembly plants labeled saviors of the Mexican poor; the accounts applauding the capture of Mexican drug lords; and the columns upon columns devoted to stories about illegal immigration. Nowhere else does a poor, Third World country, like Mexico, share a common border with a wealthy, powerful neighbor del otro lado (on the other side). Here, as one goes, so goes the other.On the Rim of Mexico: Encounters of the Rich and Poor addresses the ties and asymmetries across the Mexico-U.S. border, from Tijuana/San Diego to Matamoros/Brownsville. Based on author Ram duardo Ruiz's extensive research, travels, remembrances, and first-hand interviews with the people on the Mexican side, the book probes the history, economics, and customs which have shaped this region today. While the author considers many timely issues (the impact of drug trafficking, legal and illegal immigration, assembly plants and the global economy, and the ecological disaster in the making), the book is also an examination of the borderlands themselves: what they are, how they came to be, and salient aspects of life in this region of the world. Moreover, it is an exploration of binational themes. For Mexicans who live and die next door to the almighty Uncle Sam, nearly everything has a binational ring even personal identity. On the Rim of Mexico is a moving portrait of the people, places, and issues which make-up border life today."--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book. 606 $aMexicans$zMexican-American Border Region$xEthnic identity 606 $aMexicans$zMexican-American Border Region$xSocial conditions 606 $aMexicans$zMexican-American Border Region$xEconomic conditions 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zMexico 607 $aMexico$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xSocial conditions 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aMexicans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aMexicans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aMexicans$xEconomic conditions. 676 $a303.48273072 700 $aRuiz$b Ramon Eduardo$0692877 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248002003316 996 $aOn The Rim Of Mexico$92325115 997 $aUNISA