Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Paperback - 1994
by Martinez, Oscar J
From the rear cover
'The most fascinating parts of this well-presented book are the interviews with all types of border people (one man estimates being caught by immigration officials five times in one day) and many women who've had to endure harsh treatment while living in Mexico and legally working in the U.S. In all, Martinez has extensively covered one of America's most historically pressing concerns and has done it with dignity and humanity for those both north and south of the border.'--Booklist
From the jacket flap
While the U.S.-Mexico borderlands resemble border regions in other parts of the world, nowhere else do so many millions of people from two dissimilar nations live in such close proximity and interact with each other so intensely. Borderlanders are singular in their history, outlook, and behavior, and their lifestyle deviates from the norms of central Mexico and the interior United States; yet these Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, and Anglo-Americans also differ among themselves, and within each group may be found cross-border consumers, commuters, and people who are inclined or disinclined to embrace both cultures. Based on firsthand interviews with individuals from all walks of life, "Border People" presents case histories of transnational interaction and transculturation, and addresses the themes of cross-border migration, interdependence, labor, border management, ethnic confrontation, cultural fusion, and social activism. Here migrants and workers, functionaries and activists, and "mixers" who have crossed cultural boundaries recall events in their lives related to life on the border. Their stories show how their lives have been shaped by the borderlands milieu and how they have responded to the situations they have faced. "Border People" shows that these borderlanders live in a unique human environment shaped by physical distance from central areas and constant exposure to transnational processes. The oral histories contained here reveal, to a degree that no scholarly analysis can, that borderlanders are indeed people, each with his or her own individual perspective, hopes, and dreams.
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- Title Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
- Author Martinez, Oscar J
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition, S
- Pages 352
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
- Date 1994-05
- ISBN 9780816514144
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Cultural Region: Mexican
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Geographic Orientation: Arizona
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Geographic Orientation: New Mexico
- Geographic Orientation: Texas
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/01/1994, Page 1420
- Library Journal, 03/01/1994, Page 106
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