The Beloved Border : Humanity and Hope in a Contested Land / / Miriam Davidson

• Autore: Davidson Miriam
• Pubblicazione: University of Arizona Press
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 972/.1
• Soggetto topico: Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: North America Mexican-American Border Region; Mexican-American Border Region Social conditions 21st century
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Praise for Miriam Davidson -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue: A Fable for Tomorrow -- I. GANGLAND -- One. Mexico's Torment -- From Paradise to Gangland -- No Excuse -- A Litany of Impunity -- Two. Prohibition Then and Now -- The Border Then -- The Border Transformed -- The Border Now -- Three. Where the Guns Go -- Fast and Furious -- Where the Guns Go -- Profiteers Big and Small -- II. SLAVERY -- Four. All They Will Call You -- Operation Streamline -- Kids in Detention -- Deportees -- Five. Death in the Desert -- The Man in the Road -- Water Poured Out -- Naming the Dead -- Six. Under Color of Law -- Border Agents on Trial -- Checkpoints -- Waste, Fraud, and Abuse -- III. THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM -- Seven. The Triumph of Sanctuary -- Sanctuary Established -- Sanctuary Revived -- Sanctuary Everywhere -- Eight. The Jaguar -- El Jefe -- Viviendo con Felinos -- "A Surprising Eden" -- Nine. El Norte -- El Grupo Guadalupano -- The Solar Wall -- El Norte -- Epilogue: A Positive Vision for the U.S.-Mexico Region -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Kids in cages, family separations, thousands dying in the desert. Police violence and corruption. Environmental devastation. These are just some of the dramatic stories recounted by veteran journalist Miriam Davidson in The Beloved Border. This groundbreaking work of original reporting also gives hope for the future, showing how border people are responding to the challenges with compassion and creativity. The book draws on a variety of sources to explain how border issues intersect and how the current situation, while made worse under the Trump administration, is in fact the result of decades of prohibition, crackdowns, and wall building on the border. Davidson addresses subjects such as violence in Mexico, particularly against the press; cross-border gun smuggling and legal gun sales; the rise in migrant detentions, deportations, and deaths since the crackdown began; controversy over humanitarian aid in the desert; border patrol crimes and abuses; and the legal, ethical, and moral issues raised by increased police presence and militarization on the border. The book also looks at the environmental impact of wall building and construction of a planned copper mine near Tucson, especially on the jaguar and other endangered species. Davidson shares the history of sanctuary and argues that this social movement and others that have originated on the border are vanguards of larger global movements against the mistreatment of migrant workers and refugees, police brutality, and other abuses of human and natural rights. She gives concrete examples of positive ways in which border people are promoting local culture and cross-border solidarity through health care, commerce, food, art, and music. While death and suffering continue to occur, The Beloved Border shows us how the U.S.-Mexico border could be, and in many ways already is, a model for peaceful coexistence worldwide"--; "The Beloved Border is a potent and timely report on the U.S.-Mexico border. Though this book tells of the unjust death and suffering that occurs in the borderlands, Davidson gives us hope that the U.S.-Mexico border could be, and in many ways already is, a model for peaceful coexistence worldwide"--
• Titolo autorizzato: The Beloved Border
• ISBN: 9780816544202; 0816544204
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910985693503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II