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The law into their own hands : immigration and the politics of exceptionalism / Roxanne Lynn Doty.

Author/creator Doty, Roxanne Lynn
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2009.
Description164 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Militia movements--United States.
Border patrols--Mexican-American Border Region.
Border security--Mexican-American Border Region.
Vigilantes--Mexican-American Border Region.
Hate--United States.
Noncitizens--United States.
Illegal immigration--United States.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Contents Fear and loathing on the U.S.-Mexico border -- "I'm proud to be a vigilante. How about you?" -- "It's your country, take it back" -- Spreading the message -- Attrition through enforcement : constructing enemies in the contemporary immigration "crisis" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-160) and index.
LCCN 2008031517
ISBN9780816527700 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0816527709 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816527717 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0816527717 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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