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America in the World, Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S. - Mexico Border
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...
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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)
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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 changed from a mere line on a map to a clearly marked and heavily regulated divide between the United States and Mexico. Focusing on t...
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 changed from a mere line on a map to a clearly marked and heavily regulated divide between the United States and Mexico. Focusing on the desert border to the west of the Rio Grande, this book explains the origins of the modern border and places the line at the center of a transnational history of expanding capitalism and state power in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moving across local, regional, and national scales, St. John shows how government officials, Native American raiders, ranchers, railroad builders, miners, investors, immigrants, and smugglers contributed to the rise of state power on the border and developed strategies to navigate the increasingly regulated landscape. Over the border's history, the U.S. and Mexican states gradually developed an expanding array of official laws, ad hoc arrangements, government agents, and physical barriers that did not close the line, but made it a flexible barrier that restricted the movement of some people, goods, and animals without impeding others. By the 1930s, their efforts had created the foundations of the modern border control apparatus. Drawing on extensive research in U.S. and Mexican archives, Line in the Sand weaves together a transnational history of how an undistinguished strip of land became the significant and symbolic space of state power and national definition that we know today.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Rachel St. John, 1976-
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Series
America in the World
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Ethnic relations, International relations, Political boundaries, Sociology, Geography, Politics & Policy, History, Mexicans, Americans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Aviators Making Incursions into Mexican Territory While in Flight Between San Diego, California, and Yuma, Arizona, March 22, 1921
written by John Wingate Weeks, 1860-1926, Edward D. Anderson, 1868-1940 and Henry Jervey, 1866-1942, in Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs (RG165), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1921), Office of the Chief of Staff Correspondence, 1918-1921, Mexican Border 301-349 , 4 page(s)
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written by John Wingate Weeks, 1860-1926, Edward D. Anderson, 1868-1940 and Henry Jervey, 1866-1942, in Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs (RG165), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1921), Office of the Chief of Staff Correspondence, 1918-1921, Mexican Border 301-349 , 4 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1921
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
John Wingate Weeks, 1860-1926, Edward D. Anderson, 1868-1940, Henry Jervey, 1866-1942
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Aircraft, Crossing borders, Law, Diplomacy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Trans Canada report: MARITIMES ST. JOHN
edited by Stan Pietlock; in Amex-Canada, Vol. 2 no. 4, Whole Number 20, June 1970, American Expatriate in Canada (Ontario: Amex-Canada Enterprises, 1970)
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edited by Stan Pietlock; in Amex-Canada, Vol. 2 no. 4, Whole Number 20, June 1970, American Expatriate in Canada (Ontario: Amex-Canada Enterprises, 1970)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Periodical issue
Contributor
Stan Pietlock
Date Published / Released
1970
Publisher
Amex-Canada Enterprises
Series
American Expatriate in Canada
Topic / Theme
Crossing borders, Immigration and emigration, Military draft, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, Left and radical left movements
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Copyright owner is unknown. Alexander Street Press is eager to hear from any rights owners who are not properly identified so that appropriate information may be provided in the future. Any information concerning rights to this work can be sent to the editor at the address below.
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American Expatriate in Canada, Amex-Canada, Vol. 3 no. 1, Whole Number 26, September-October 1971
edited by Stan Pietlock, in American Expatriate in Canada (Ontario: Amex-Canada Enterprises, 1971), 40 page(s)
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edited by Stan Pietlock, in American Expatriate in Canada (Ontario: Amex-Canada Enterprises, 1971), 40 page(s)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Periodical issue
Contributor
Stan Pietlock
Date Published / Released
1971
Publisher
Amex-Canada Enterprises
Series
American Expatriate in Canada
Topic / Theme
Military desertion, Immigration and emigration, Expatriates, Draft evasion, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, Left and radical left movements, Vietnam War
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Copyright owner is unknown. Alexander Street Press is eager to hear from any rights owners who are not properly identified so that appropriate information may be provided in the future. Any information concerning rights to this work can be sent to the editor at the address below.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference website
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
American Wall
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Political boundaries, Photographs, Fences, Politics & Policy, The Arts, Americans, Mexicans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference website
Author / Creator
Greens EFA
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
YouTube
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Refugees, Crossing borders, Refugee camps, Politics & Policy, Sociology, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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![Annex of the English Summary Report on the Meeting of the Working Group of Refugee Offices, Held at Rochwaldhaussen Near Lauterbach on 11 August 1947 [Copy]](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1007952xxx/1007952186/1007952186-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Annex of the English Summary Report on the Meeting of the Working Group of Refugee Offices, Held at Rochwaldhaussen Near Lauterbach on 11 August 1947 [Copy]")
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Annex of the English Summary Report on the Meeting of the Working Group of Refugee Offices, Held at Rochwaldhaussen Near Lauterbach on 11 Au...
in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, The Public Safety Branch: Records Relating to the Fire Service Commission, 1945-49. Display of Flags Thru Check on Transit Travelers in British Zone, Refugee & Expellee Problems Transfer of Populations , 28 page(s)
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in Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG260), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, The Public Safety Branch: Records Relating to the Fire Service Commission, 1945-49. Display of Flags Thru Check on Transit Travelers in British Zone, Refugee & Expellee Problems Transfer of Populations , 28 page(s)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Germany and its Borders, Negotiation in government, Crossing borders, Refugees, Germany Divided into Occupation Zones, June 5, 1945, Law, Politics & Policy, British, Americans, Germans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Frontex
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Crossing borders, Immigrant populations, Politics & Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Frontex
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Crossing borders, Immigrant populations, Economic conditions, Politics & Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Frontex
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, Identification documents, Deportation, Immigrant populations, Crossing borders, Politics & Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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