Imaginary lines border enforcement and the origins of undocumented immigration, 1882-1930

Imaginary lines : border enforcement and the origins of undocumented immigration, 1882-1930 / Patrick Ettinger.

Author/creator	Ettinger, Patrick W.
Format	Electronic and Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Austin : University of Texas Press,
Description	xi, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Immigration enforcement--United States --History --19th century. Noncitizens--United States --History --19th century. Noncitizens--Government policy --United States. Illegal immigration--United States --History --19th century. United States--Emigration and immigration --History --19th century. United States--Emigration and immigration --Government policy. Mexico--Emigration and immigration --History --19th century. Mexican-American Border Region--Emigration and immigration --History --19th century.

Contents	The menaces without : immigrant aliens and the origins of immigration restrictions -- Diverted streams : discovering a permeable border, 1882-1891 -- Drawing the lines : blueprints for immigration enforcement on the borders, 1891-1910 -- Erasing the lines : immigrant ingenuity on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1895-1910 -- Northward bound : Mexican immigrants, migrants, and refugees at the border, 1900-1921 -- The sisyphean task : origins of the modern border -- An imaginary line : change and continuity on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009013817
ISBN	9780292721180 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0292721188 (cloth : alk. paper)

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