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U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Author(s): Oscar J. Martinez
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication Date: 1 Mar. 1996
- Language: English
- Print length: 284 pages
- ISBN-10: 0842024476
- ISBN-13: 9780842024471
Book Description
The U.S.-Mexican borderlands form the region where the United States and Latin America have interacted with the greatest intensity. In U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Oscar Martinez has brought together both scholarly essays and primary documents that address the protracted conflict rooted in the vast difference in power between Mexico and its northern neighbor. Each of the seven parts of this new reader explores a key issue in borderlands studies and contains several essays followed by documents such as treaties, government reports, newspaper articles, and interviews.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The selections provide an accessible mini-introduction for students and teachers to the compelling evolution of this border in many of its facets.
Especially good as an historical survey, but also provides a useful overview of borderlands economy and society in the NAFTA era. Its compilation of historical and contemporary perspectives, together with its balanced regional coverage, make it highly suitable for a short course on the border.
An excellent introductory text. Oscar J. Martinez pulls together important essays written by outstanding U.S-Mexico Border scholars and journalists. Well-balanced…covers topics of contemporary focus illustrating the complexity of borderlands history and sociology.
From the Back Cover
The U.S.- Mexican borderlands form the region where the United States and Latin America have interacted with the greatest intensity. Professor Oscar Martinez has brought together both scholarly essays and primary documents for ‘U.S.- Mexico Borderlands.’ The selections are organized in seven parts, each of which explores a key issue in borderlands studies.
