Mexican voices of the border region [[electronic resource] /] / Laura Velasco Ortiz and Oscar F. Contreras ; with translations by Sandra del Castillo
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| Autore: |
Velasco Ortiz M. Laura
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| Titolo: |
Mexican voices of the border region [[electronic resource] /] / Laura Velasco Ortiz and Oscar F. Contreras ; with translations by Sandra del Castillo
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 972/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mexicans - Mexican-American Border Region - Social conditions |
| Mexican Americans - Mexican-American Border Region - Social conditions | |
| Mexicans - Mexican-American Border Region - Ethnic identity | |
| Mexican Americans - Mexican-American Border Region - Ethnic identity | |
| Social ecology - Mexican-American Border Region | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mexican-American Border Region Social conditions |
| Mexican-American Border Region Emigration and immigration Social aspects | |
| Altri autori: |
Contreras MontellanoOscar F
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Living on the agricultural frontier -- Home, sweet industrial home -- Sex without kisses, love with abuse -- A straight-dealing drug trafficker -- An indigenous woman street vendor -- A caregiver commuter -- A border acrobat -- The Mexicali panther -- A young Mexican American -- Guarding the American dream. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Every day, 40,000 commuters cross the U.S. Mexico border at Tijuana San Diego to go to work. Untold numbers cross illegally. Since NAFTA was signed into law, the border has become a greater obstacle for people moving between countries. Transnational powers have exerted greater control over the flow of goods, services, information, and people.Mexican Voices of the Border Region examines the flow of people, commercial traffic, and the development of relationships across this border. Through first-person narratives, Laura Velasco Ortiz and Oscar F. Contreras show that since |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mexican voices of the border region |
| ISBN: | 1-283-13393-8 |
| 9786613133939 | |
| 1-59213-910-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820667803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Voices of Latin American life.