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The politics, economics, and culture of Mexican-U.S. migration [electronic resource] : both sides of the border / edited by Edward Ashbee, Helene Balslev Clausen, and Carl Pedersen.

Images and accounts of the Mexican--US migration process and the border region abound. Representations of border crossers, plans for the construction of a security fence, the shifting economic relationship between the US and its southern neighbors, and the changing character of the Rio Grande area h...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Ashbee, Edward, Clausen, Helene Balslev, Pedersen, Carl
Other title:Both sides of the border.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration.
Mexican-American Border Region > Emigration and immigration.
Mexicans > United States.
Foreign workers, Mexican > United States.
Emigration and immigration.
Foreign workers, Mexican.
Mexicans.
Mexico.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Somos Americanos : Mexican immigration and US national identity in the twenty-first century / Carl Pedersen
  • Mexican mestizo identity in the twenty-first century / Helene Balslev Clausen
  • The other side of the migration story : Mexican women in the United States / Silvia E. Giorguli Saucedo, Maria Adela Angoa Perez, and Selene Gaspar Olvera
  • From precarious, low-paying jobs in Mexico to precarious, low-paying jobs in the United States / Elaine Levine
  • Sending money home : the dynamics of Mexico-US remittances / Mario Villarreal and Megan Davy
  • The impact of NAFTA on the Mexican-US border region / Elena Labastida-Tovar
  • Transnational social networks and international trade / Magdalena Barros Nock
  • Beyond border crossing and soulless places : the role of Mexico's northern border cities in the construction of transnational social spaces / Cristobal Mendoza
  • Changing representations of the border / Mario Alberto Velazquez
  • Boundaries in border films
  • the other as our redemption / Jan Gustafsson
  • Baldwin Park, historical narratives and American identities / Anne Magnussen
  • Textual representations of the border and border-crossers : constructing latino enemies in the New York Times / Ken Henriksen
  • Mexican immigration and the question of identity in the United States / Raphael Gomez
  • Immigration and the 2006 U.S. midterm elections / Edward Ashbee
  • Immigration, social policy, and politics in the United States / Alex Waddan
  • From the margin to the middle? The origin, transformation, and direction of the minutemen / Pia Moller
  • Migrants, votes, and the 2006 Mexican presidential election / Helene Balslev Clausen and Mario Alberto Velazquez
  • Sovereignty along El Rio Bravo/The Rio Grande : changes in US immigration law and Mexican foreign relations law / Ernesto Hernandez-Lopez.

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