Forging the tortilla curtain [[electronic resource] ] : cultural drift and change along the United States-Mexico border, from the Spanish era to the present / / by Thomas Torrans |
Autore | Torrans Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Fort Worth, : TCU Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
Disciplina | 972/.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Acculturation - Mexican-American Border Region - History
Social change - Mexican-American Border Region - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-585-41471-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456120003321 |
Torrans Thomas | ||
Fort Worth, : TCU Press, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forging the tortilla curtain [[electronic resource] ] : cultural drift and change along the United States-Mexico border, from the Spanish era to the present / / by Thomas Torrans |
Autore | Torrans Thomas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Fort Worth, : TCU Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
Disciplina | 972/.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Acculturation - Mexican-American Border Region - History
Social change - Mexican-American Border Region - History |
ISBN | 0-585-41471-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword: Mobility and myth -- Part One: The economics of space -- Mexico in America -- Borderland -- Priests and presidios -- Fiefs and filibusters -- Land of the dispossessed -- Windfall of the wild horse desert -- Part Two: Dividing the continent -- Corridor to the Pacific -- Americanizing Mexico -- "Down to Mexico to serve mankind" -- Part Three: A disparate unity -- Bounties and barriers -- From the palm of God's hand -- Oriental opium and Mexican marijuana -- Politics and profits of the "War on Drugs" -- Sin fronteras: toward a borderless world -- Epilog: Containment and commitment -- Notes -- Selected readings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780172803321 |
Torrans Thomas | ||
Fort Worth, : TCU Press, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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