Why Walls Won't Work: Repairing the U.S. Mexico Divide
written by Michael Dear, fl. 2013 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2013, originally published 2013), 285 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Why Walls Won't Work is a sweeping account of life along the United States-Mexico border zone, tracing the border's history of cultural interaction since the earliest Mesoamerican times to the present day. As soon as Mexicans, American settlers, and indigenous peoples came into contact along the Rio Grande in the mid-nineteenth century, new forms of interaction and affiliation evolved. By the late-twentieth century, the border states were among the fastest-growing regions in both countries. But as Michael Dear warns, this vibrant zone of economic, cultural and social connectivity is today threatened by highly restrictive American immigration and security policies as well as violence along the border. The U.S. border-industrial complex and the emerging Mexican narco-state are undermining the very existence of the 'third nation' occupying the space between Mexico and the U.S. Through a series of evocative portraits of contemporary border communities, Dear reveals how the promise and potential of this 'in-between' nation still endures and is worth protecting. Now with a new chapter updating this story and suggesting what should be done about the challenges confronting the cross-border zone, Why Walls Won't Work represents a major intellectual intervention into one of the most hotly-contested political issues of our era.
- Field of Interest
- Global Issues
- Author
- Michael Dear, fl. 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2013 Oxford University Press
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2013
- Page Count
- 285
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place Published / Released
- New York, NY
- Subject
- Global Issues, World History, Social Sciences, History, Individual and Groups Rights, Migration and Diaspora, Borders and Identity, Mexico and the United States Border, Migration, Crossing borders, Cultural identity, Politics & Policy, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Migración y Diáspora, Migração e Diáspora, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, United States, Mexico, Mexicans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Migración y Diáspora, Migração e Diáspora, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos
