Imaginary Lines : : Border Enforcement and the Origins of Undocumented Immigration, 1882-1930 / / Patrick Ettinger.
Although popularly conceived as a relatively recent phenomenon, patterns of immigrant smuggling and undocumented entry across American land borders first emerged in the late nineteenth century. Ingenious smugglers and immigrants, long and remote boundary lines, and strong push-and-pull factors creat...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Menaces Without: Immigrant Ali ens and the Origins of Immigration Restrictions
- Chapter 2 Diverted Streams: Discovering a Permeable B order, 1882–1891
- Chapter 3 Drawing the Lines: Blueprints for Immigration Enforcement on the Borders, 1891–1910
- Chapter 4 Erasing the Lines: Immigrant Ingenuity on the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1895–1910
- Chapter 5 Northward Bound: Mexican Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees at the Border, 1900–1921
- Chapter 6 The Sisyphean Task: Origins of the Modern Border
- Epilogue: An Imaginary Line: Change and Continuity on the U.S.-Mexico Border
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index