Cities and citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico border : the Paso del Norte metropolitan region / / edited by Kathleen Staudt, Cesar M. Fuentes, and Julia E. Monarrez Fragoso.

"At the center of the 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border, a sprawling transnational urban space has mushroomed into a metropolitan region with over two million people whose livelihoods depend on global manufacturing, cross-border trade, and border control jobs. Our volume advances knowledge on urban...

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Year of Publication:2010
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:xxi, 250 p. :; ill., maps.
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Summary:"At the center of the 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border, a sprawling transnational urban space has mushroomed into a metropolitan region with over two million people whose livelihoods depend on global manufacturing, cross-border trade, and border control jobs. Our volume advances knowledge on urban space, gender, education, security, and work, focusing on Ciudad Jurez, the export-processing (maquiladora) manufacturing capital of the Americas and the infamous site of femicide and outlier murder rates connected with arms and drug trafficking. Given global economic trends, this transnational urban region is a likely paradigmatic future for other world regions"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230100329 (pbk.)
9780230100312 (pbk.)
0230100325 (pbk.)
0230100317 (pbk.)
9780230112919 (ebook)
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Kathleen Staudt, Cesar M. Fuentes, and Julia E. Monarrez Fragoso.