Up against the wall re-imagining the U.S.-Mexico border / Edward S. Casey and Mary Watkins.
| Author/creator | Casey, Edward S., 1939- |
| Other author | Watkins, Mary M. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2014] |
| Description | xiv, 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Louann Atkins temple women & culture series ; Book thirty-five |
| Contents | List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Re-viewing la frontera : borders versus boundaries -- La frontera as border and boundary -- Ambos Nogales : a tale of two cities -- Tijuana : the wall and the estuary -- Wall and river in the lower rio grande valley -- Postlude 1. walled up and walled out -- Looking both ways at the border -- Prelude to Part 2. Friendship park : first encounter -- The creation of an internal colony : Santa Barbara, a city divided against itself -- Juan crow: the American ethnoracial caste system and the criminalization of Mexican migrants -- The souls of anglos -- Border-wall art as limit acts -- Creating communities of hospitality : growing connective tissue between immigrants and citizens -- Postlude 2. Gaining access to the heart of our home -- Epilogue: from standing in the shadows of walls to imagining them otherwise -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013048572 |
| ISBN | 9780292758414 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780292759381 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |