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60 Minutes, Watching the Border
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produced by Keith Sharman, fl. 2006-2013, Columbia Broadcasting System, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 2010), 14 mins
January 10, 2010, 8:00 PM-Steve Kroft reports on the status of the multi-billion-dollar "virtual fence" being built at the U.S.-Mexican border, which is behind schedule and so far covers only about one percent of the border.
produced by Keith Sharman, fl. 2006-2013, Columbia Broadcasting System, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 2010), 14 mins
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America in the World, Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S. - Mexico Border
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written by Rachel St. John, 1976-, in America in the World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 297 page(s)
Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 to the emergence of the modern boundary line in the first decades of the twentieth century. In this sweeping narrative, Rachel St. John explores how this boundary...
written by Rachel St. John, 1976-, in America in the World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 297 page(s)
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Beyond la Frontera: the History of Mexico-U.S. Migration
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edited by Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, fl. 2011 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 400 page(s)
Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date historical overview of Mexican migration to the U.S., Beyond la Frontera: The History of Mexico-U.S. Migration examines the transnational and historical impact of migratory trends as they developed in Mexico and the U.S. from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. F...
edited by Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, fl. 2011 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 400 page(s)
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Border Identities: Nation and State at International Frontiers
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edited by Hastings Donnan, 1953- and Thomas M. Wilson, fl. 1999 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998, originally published 1998), 316 page(s)
This book offers fresh insights into the complex and various ways in which international frontiers influence cultural identities. Ten anthropological case studies describe specific international borders in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, and bring out the importance of boundary politics, and the diverse f...
edited by Hastings Donnan, 1953- and Thomas M. Wilson, fl. 1999 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1998, originally published 1998), 316 page(s)
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Border Regions Series, Borderscaping: Imaginations and practice of Border Making
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(2016); edited by James W. Scott, fl. 2015, Jussi Laine, fl. 2007, Gianluca Bocchi, 1954- and Chiara Brambilla, fl. 2007, in Border Regions Series (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2016, originally published 2015), 279 page(s)
Using the borderscapes concept, this book offers an approach to border studies that expresses the multilevel complexity of borders, from the geopolitical to social practice and cultural production at and across the border. Accordingly, it encourages a productive understanding of the processual, de-territorialized...
(2016); edited by James W. Scott, fl. 2015, Jussi Laine, fl. 2007, Gianluca Bocchi, 1954- and Chiara Brambilla, fl. 2007, in Border Regions Series (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2016, originally published 2015), 279 page(s)
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Border Regions Series, Placing the Border in Everyday Life
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edited by Corey Johnson, fl. 2016 and Reece Jones, fl. 2016, in Border Regions Series (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2014, originally published 2014), 277 page(s)
Bordering no longer happens only at the borderline separating two sovereign states, but rather through a wide range of practices and decisions that occur in multiple locations within and beyond the state’s territory. Nevertheless, it is too simplistic to suggest that borders are everywhere, since this view fails...
edited by Corey Johnson, fl. 2016 and Reece Jones, fl. 2016, in Border Regions Series (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2014, originally published 2014), 277 page(s)
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Border Rhetorics: Citizenship and Identity on the US-Mexico Frontier
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edited by Daniel Robert DeChaine, 1961- and John Louis Lucaites, fl. 2012 (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2012, originally published 2012), 284 page(s)
Border Rhetorics is a collection of essays that undertakes a wide-ranging examination of the US-Mexico border as it functions in the rhetorical production of civic unity in the United States. A 'border' is a powerful and versatile concept, variously invoked as the delineation of geographical territories, as a judi...
edited by Daniel Robert DeChaine, 1961- and John Louis Lucaites, fl. 2012 (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2012, originally published 2012), 284 page(s)
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Dangers Campaign Press Conference
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written by United States. Customs and Border Protection (Fort Meade, MD: United States. Department of Defense. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, 2014),
Source: www.dvidshub.net
written by United States. Customs and Border Protection (Fort Meade, MD: United States. Department of Defense. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, 2014),
Source: www.dvidshub.net
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Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival
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written by Adam Shapiro, 1972-, Aisha Bain, fl. 2004 and Jen Marlowe, 1971- (New York, NY: Nation Books, 2006, originally published 2006), 320 page(s)
In February, 2003, the Sudanese Liberation Army in Darfur (the western region of Sudan) after years of oppression took up arms against the Sudanese government. The government and allied militias answered the rebellion with mass murder, rape and the wholesale destruction of villages and livelihood, resulting in one...
written by Adam Shapiro, 1972-, Aisha Bain, fl. 2004 and Jen Marlowe, 1971- (New York, NY: Nation Books, 2006, originally published 2006), 320 page(s)
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Death on a Friendly Border
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directed by Rachel Antell (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 1 hour 5 mins
The border that runs between Tijuana and San Diego is the most heavily militarized border between "friendly" countries anywhere in the world. Since 1994 when the U.S. instituted Operation Gatekeeper, an average of one person a day has died crossing into the U.S. The policy has been condemned by the UN Commissioner...
directed by Rachel Antell (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 1 hour 5 mins
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