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Border Regions Series, Mobility and Migration Choices
edited by Ton van Naerssen, fl. 1993 and Martin van der Velde, fl. 2015, in Border Regions Series (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2016, originally published 2015), 306 page(s)
The crossing of national state borders is one of the most-discussed issues of contemporary times and it poses many challenges for individual and collective identities. This concerns both short-distance mobility as well as long-distance migration. Choosing to move - or not - across international borders is a comple...
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edited by Ton van Naerssen, fl. 1993 and Martin van der Velde, fl. 2015, in Border Regions Series (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2016, originally published 2015), 306 page(s)
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The crossing of national state borders is one of the most-discussed issues of contemporary times and it poses many challenges for individual and collective identities. This concerns both short-distance mobility as well as long-distance migration. Choosing to move - or not - across international borders is a complex decision, involving both cognitive and emotional processes. This book tests the approach that three crucial thresholds need to be cro...
The crossing of national state borders is one of the most-discussed issues of contemporary times and it poses many challenges for individual and collective identities. This concerns both short-distance mobility as well as long-distance migration. Choosing to move - or not - across international borders is a complex decision, involving both cognitive and emotional processes. This book tests the approach that three crucial thresholds need to be crossed before mobility occurs; the individual’s mindset about migrating, the choice of destination and perception of crossing borders to that location and the specific routes and spatial trajectories available to get there. Thus both borders and trajectories can act as thresholds to spatial moves. The threshold approach, with its focus on processes affecting whether, when and where to move, aims to understand the decision-making process in all its dimensions, in the hope that this will lead to a better understanding of the ways migrants conceive, perceive and undertake their transnational journeys. This book examines the three constitutive parts discerned in the cross-border mobility decision-making process: people, borders and trajectories and their interrelationships. Illustrated by a global range of case studies, it demonstrates that the relation between the three is not fixed but flexible and that decision-making contains aspects of belonging, instability, security and volatility affecting their mobility or immobility.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Ton van Naerssen, fl. 1993, Martin van der Velde, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2015, 2016
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
Border Regions Series
Topic / Theme
Border Events and Areas Context, Political boundaries, Crossing borders, Migration, Politics & Policy, Sociology, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Martin Van Der Velde and Ton Van Naerssen for selection and editorial matter. Individual contributors, their contributions.
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Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican Culture
written by Desirée A. Martín, 1972-; edited by Matthew J. Garcia, fl. 2013 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2013, originally published 2013), 296 page(s)
In Borderlands Saints, Desiree A. Martin examines the rise and fall of popular saints and saint-like figures in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. Focusing specifically on Teresa Urrea (La Santa de Cabora), Pancho Villa, Cesar Chavez, Subcomandante Marcos, and Santa Muerte, she traces the intersectio...
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written by Desirée A. Martín, 1972-; edited by Matthew J. Garcia, fl. 2013 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2013, originally published 2013), 296 page(s)
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In Borderlands Saints, Desiree A. Martin examines the rise and fall of popular saints and saint-like figures in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. Focusing specifically on Teresa Urrea (La Santa de Cabora), Pancho Villa, Cesar Chavez, Subcomandante Marcos, and Santa Muerte, she traces the intersections of these figures, their devotees, artistic representations, and dominant institutions with an eye for the ways in which such unoffic...
In Borderlands Saints, Desiree A. Martin examines the rise and fall of popular saints and saint-like figures in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. Focusing specifically on Teresa Urrea (La Santa de Cabora), Pancho Villa, Cesar Chavez, Subcomandante Marcos, and Santa Muerte, she traces the intersections of these figures, their devotees, artistic representations, and dominant institutions with an eye for the ways in which such unofficial saints mirror traditional spiritual practices and serve specific cultural needs. Popular spirituality of this kind engages the use and exchange of relics, faith healing, pilgrimages, and spirit possession, exemplifying the contradictions between high and popular culture, human and divine, and secular and sacred. Martin focuses upon a wide range of Mexican and Chicano/a cultural works drawn from the nineteenth century to the present, covering such diverse genres as the novel, the communique, drama, the essay or cronica, film, and contemporary digital media. She argues that spiritual practice is often represented as narrative, while narrative—whether literary, historical, visual, or oral—may modify or even function as devotional practice.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Matthew J. Garcia, fl. 2013
Author / Creator
Desirée A. Martín, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2013-12, December 2013, 2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Religious beliefs, Sociology, Mexicans, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Desirée A. Martín. Reprinted by permission of Rutgers University Press.
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Borderless Borders: U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the Paradox of Interdependence
edited by María de los Angeles Torres, fl. 1998, Edwin Meléndez, fl. 1998, Rebecca Morales, fl. 1998 and Frank Bonilla, 1925-2010 (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1998, originally published 1998), 308 page(s)
This new reality—the Latinization of the United States—is driven by forces that reach well beyond U.S. borders. It asserts itself demographically, politically, in the workplace, and in daily life. The perception that Latinos are now positioned to help bring about change in the Americas from within the United S...
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edited by María de los Angeles Torres, fl. 1998, Edwin Meléndez, fl. 1998, Rebecca Morales, fl. 1998 and Frank Bonilla, 1925-2010 (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1998, originally published 1998), 308 page(s)
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This new reality—the Latinization of the United States—is driven by forces that reach well beyond U.S. borders. It asserts itself demographically, politically, in the workplace, and in daily life. The perception that Latinos are now positioned to help bring about change in the Americas from within the United States has taken hold, sparking renewed interest and specific initiatives by hemispheric governments to cultivate new forms of relations...
This new reality—the Latinization of the United States—is driven by forces that reach well beyond U.S. borders. It asserts itself demographically, politically, in the workplace, and in daily life. The perception that Latinos are now positioned to help bring about change in the Americas from within the United States has taken hold, sparking renewed interest and specific initiatives by hemispheric governments to cultivate new forms of relationships with emigrant communities. Borderless Borders describes the structural processes and active interventions taking place inside and outside U.S. Latino communities. After a context-setting introduction by urban planner Rebecca Morales, the contributors focus on four themes. Economist Manuel Pastor Jr., urban sociologist Saskia Sassen, and political scientist Carol Wise look at emerging forms of global and transnational interdependence and at whether they are likely to produce individuals who are economically independent or simply more dependent. Sociologist Jorge Chapa, social anthropologist Maria P. Fernández Kelly, and economist Edwin Meléndez examine the negative impact of economic and political restructuring within the United States, especially within Latino communities. Performance artist Guillermo Gomez-Peña, legal scholar Gerald Torres, political scientist María de los Angeles Torres, and modern language specialist Silvio Torres-Saillant consider the implications—for community formation, citizenship, political participation, and human rights—of the fact that individuals are forced to construct identities for themselves in more than one sociopolitical setting. Finally, sociologist Jeremy Brecher, sociologist Frank Bonilla, and political scientist Pedro Cabán speculate on new paths into international relations and issue-oriented social movements and organizations among these mobile populations. To supplement the written contributions, painter Bibiana Suárez has chosen several artworks that contribute to the interdisciplinary scope of the book.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Book
Contributor
María de los Angeles Torres, fl. 1998, Edwin Meléndez, fl. 1998, Rebecca Morales, fl. 1998, Frank Bonilla, 1925-2010
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Ethnic relations, Crossing borders, Government policy, Cultural identity, Economic conditions, Politics & Policy, Geography, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), Americans, Latinos, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1998 Temple University
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Briefing Book: U. S. - Mexican Bilateral Cultural Commission Talks July 17 - 18, 1978
written by U.S.-Mexico Joint Commission on Cultural Cooperation, in Southwest Border Regional Commission Meeting Proceedings, 1978-1980 (RG40), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (July 1978), Records of the Department of Commerce, Office of Regional Economic Coordination, Southwest Border Regional Commission, Subject Files 1978-1980, Briefing Book U.S. - Mexican Bilateral Cultural Commission Talks July 17-18 1978 , 98 page(s)
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written by U.S.-Mexico Joint Commission on Cultural Cooperation, in Southwest Border Regional Commission Meeting Proceedings, 1978-1980 (RG40), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (July 1978), Records of the Department of Commerce, Office of Regional Economic Coordination, Southwest Border Regional Commission, Subject Files 1978-1980, Briefing Book U.S. - Mexican Bilateral Cultural Commission Talks July 17-18 1978 , 98 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
July 1978, 1978
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
U.S.-Mexico Joint Commission on Cultural Cooperation
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Education, Cultural life, Cultural identity, The Arts, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Briefing Paper for U.S.-Mex. Consultative Mechanism Meeting Drafted by F. Ackerman & J. F. Anderson re: Disaster Assistance, April 1979
written by United States. Department of Defense. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency and United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency, in General Records of the Department of Commerce, 1898 - 2000 (RG40). Southwest Border Regional Commission Meeting Proceedings, 1978 - 1980 (P 12), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1979), Box 1, Border Working Group Meeting - April 24-25 Rm. 1406 State Dept. (Aldrete folder) , 3 page(s)
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written by United States. Department of Defense. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency and United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency, in General Records of the Department of Commerce, 1898 - 2000 (RG40). Southwest Border Regional Commission Meeting Proceedings, 1978 - 1980 (P 12), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1979), Box 1, Border Working Group Meeting - April 24-25 Rm. 1406 State Dept. (Aldrete folder) , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1979
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
United States. Department of Defense. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Economics, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Brownsville, Texas--Matamoros, Mexico: Railroad-Highway Demonstration Project (Documents on U.S.-Mexico Commission on Cultural Cooperation A...
in Southwest Border Regional Commission Meeting Proceedings, 1978-1980 (RG40), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1979), Records of the Department of Commerce, Office of Regional Economic Coordination, Southwest Border Regional Commission, Subject Files 1978-1980, Border Working Group Meeting - April 24-25 - Rm. 1406 State Department (Aldrete folder) , 19 page(s)
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in Southwest Border Regional Commission Meeting Proceedings, 1978-1980 (RG40), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1979), Records of the Department of Commerce, Office of Regional Economic Coordination, Southwest Border Regional Commission, Subject Files 1978-1980, Border Working Group Meeting - April 24-25 - Rm. 1406 State Department (Aldrete folder) , 19 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1979
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Person Discussed
Jose López Portillo, 1920-2004, Jimmy Carter, 1924-
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Negotiation in government, Transportation, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Brownsville/Matamoros Railroad Relocation Plans
in Southwest Border Regional Commission Meeting Proceedings, 1978-1980 (RG40), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, Records of the Department of Commerce, Office of Regional Economic Coordination, Southwest Border Regional Commission, Subject Files 1978-1980, Border Working Group Meeting - April 24-25 - Rm. 1406 State Department (Aldrete folder) , 1 page(s)
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in Southwest Border Regional Commission Meeting Proceedings, 1978-1980 (RG40), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, Records of the Department of Commerce, Office of Regional Economic Coordination, Southwest Border Regional Commission, Subject Files 1978-1980, Border Working Group Meeting - April 24-25 - Rm. 1406 State Department (Aldrete folder) , 1 page(s)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Mexico and the United States Border, Negotiation in government, Railroads, International relations, Politics & Policy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Call for emergency delegate conference (b3354059)
in Pelling Collection, of University of London. Senate House Library (London, England) (20 October 1948) , 17 page(s)
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in Pelling Collection, of University of London. Senate House Library (London, England) (20 October 1948) , 17 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
20 October 1948, 1948
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Pamphlet
Topic / Theme
Czech Republic and Germany Border, Banks and banking, International relations, History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Material sourced from Senate House Library, University of London. Copyright © The University of London.
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Cambodia, 1975-1978: Rendezvous With Death
edited by Karl D. Jackson, fl. 1989 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989, originally published 1989), 363 page(s)
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edited by Karl D. Jackson, fl. 1989 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989, originally published 1989), 363 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Karl D. Jackson, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Person Discussed
Pol Pot, 1925-1998
Topic / Theme
Cambodia Khmer Rouge Regime (1975-1979), Cambodian, Communism, State-sponsored violence, Mass killings, Torture, Genocide, Cambodian Holocaust, 1975-1979, Politics & Policy, History, Documentation of Crimes, Origins, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1989 by Princeton University Press
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Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law, Armed Conflict and Displacement: The Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons un...
written by Mélanie Jacques, fl. 2008; edited by John S. Bell, fl. 2007 and James Crawford, fl. 2007, in Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2012, originally published 2012), 296 page(s)
The issue of the protection of refugees and displaced persons caught up in war has rarely been examined from the standpoint of international humanitarian law. This study not only addresses the topical issue of displacement in war, but also analyses the international humanitarian law regime and its shortcomings.
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written by Mélanie Jacques, fl. 2008; edited by John S. Bell, fl. 2007 and James Crawford, fl. 2007, in Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2012, originally published 2012), 296 page(s)
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The issue of the protection of refugees and displaced persons caught up in war has rarely been examined from the standpoint of international humanitarian law. This study not only addresses the topical issue of displacement in war, but also analyses the international humanitarian law regime and its shortcomings.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
John S. Bell, fl. 2007, James Crawford, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Mélanie Jacques, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Topic / Theme
Border Events and Areas Context, War, Human rights, International laws, Refugees, Law, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Cambridge University Press
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