Land of necessity [[electronic resource] ] : consumer culture in the United States-Mexico borderlands / / edited by Alexis McCrossen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham [NC], : Duke University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.30972/1 |
Altri autori (Persone) | McCrossenAlexis |
Collana | e-Duke books scholarly collection |
Soggetto topico |
Consumption (Economics) - Mexican-American Border Region
Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects - Mexican-American Border Region |
ISBN |
1-282-92375-7
9786612923753 0-8223-9078-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : land of necessity / Alexis Mccrossen -- Drawing boundaries between markets, nations, and peoples, 1650/1940 / Alexis Mccrossen -- Disrupting boundaries : consumer capitalism and culture in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, 1940/2008 / Alexis Mccrossen -- Domesticating the border : manifest destiny and the "comforts of life" in the U.S.-Mexico Boundary Commission and Gadsden Purchase, 1848/1854 / Amy S. Greenberg -- Selling the border : trading land, attracting tourists, and marketing American consumption on the Baja California border, 1900/1934 / Rachel St. John -- Cinema on the U.S.-Mexico border : American motion pictures and Mexican audiences, 1896/1930 / Laura Isabel Serna -- Promoting the Pacific borderlands : leisure and labor in Southern California, 1870/1950 / Lawrence Culver -- Finding Mexico's great show window : a tale of two borderlands, 1960/1975 / Evan R. Ward -- At the edge of the storm : Northern Mexico's rural peoples in a new regime of consumption, 1880/1940 / Josef Barton -- Confined to the margins : the origins and nature of the underground economy and smuggling among the native people of the borderlands / Robert Perez -- Using and sharing : direct selling in the borderlands / Peter S. Cahn -- El dompe, los yonkes and las segundas : consumption's other side in El Paso/Ciudad Juarez / Sarah Hill -- The study of borderlands consumption : potentials and precautions / Howard Campbell and Josiah McC. Heyman -- On La Frontera and cultures of consumption : an essay of images / Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910482022203321 |
Durham [NC], : Duke University Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Land of Necessity : : Consumer Culture in the United States-Mexico Borderlands / / Alexis McCrossen, Howard Campbell, Amy S. Greenberg, Rachel St. John, Laura Isabel Serna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [s.l.] : , : Duke University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.30972/1 |
Soggetto topico |
History / Latin America / Mexico
History / United States / 20th Century Social Science / Sociology History |
ISBN | 1-4780-9082-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Land of Necessity -- PART I HISTORIES OF NATIONS, CONSUMERS, AND BORDERLANDS -- Drawing Boundaries between Markets, Nations, and Peoples, 1650-1940 -- Disrupting Boundaries: Consumer Capitalism and Culture in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, 1940-2008 -- PART II NATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL CIRCUITS OF CONSUMPTION -- Domesticating the Border: Manifest Destiny and the ''Comforts of Life'' in the U.S.-Mexico Boundary Commission and Gadsden Purchase, 1848-1854 -- Selling the Border: Trading Land, Attracting Tourists, and Marketing American Consumption on the Baja California Border, 1900-1934 -- Cinema on the U.S.-Mexico Border: American Motion Pictures and Mexican Audiences, 1896-1930 -- Promoting the Pacific Borderlands: Leisure and Labor in Southern California, 1870-1950 -- Finding Mexico's Great Show Window: A Tale of Two Borderlands, 1960-1975 -- PART III CONSUMPTION IN NATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL SPACES -- At the Edge of the Storm: Northern Mexico's Rural Peoples in a New Regime of Consumption, 1880-1940 -- Confined to the Margins: Smuggling among Native People of the Borderlands -- Using and Sharing: Direct Selling in the Borderlands -- El Dompe, Los Yonkes, and Las Segundas: Consumption's Other Side in El Paso-Ciudad Juárez -- REFLECTIONS -- The Study of Borderlands Consumption: Potentials and Precautions -- On La Frontera and Cultures of Consumption: An Essay of Images -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910645964103321 |
[s.l.] : , : Duke University Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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