Line in the Sand : : A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border / / Rachel St. John.
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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | America in the World ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 20 halftones. 3 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One. A New Map for North America: Defining the Border
- Chapter Two. Holding the Line: Fighting Land Pirates and Apaches on the Border
- Chapter Three. Landscape of Profits: Cultivating Capitalism across the Border
- Chapter Four. The Space Between: Policing the Border
- Chapter Five. Breaking Ties, Building Fences: Making War on the Border
- Chapter Six. Like Night and Day: Regulating Morality with the Border
- Chapter Seven. Insiders /Outsiders: Managing Immigration at the Border
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index