Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands by Martínez, Oscar J.
Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands by Martínez, Oscar J.

Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

While the U.S.-Mexico borderlands resemble border regions in other parts of the world, nowhere else do so...
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Author: Oscar J. Martínez
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Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands by Martínez, Oscar J.

Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

$672.58
Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands by Martínez, Oscar J.

Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

$672.58
Author: Oscar J. Martínez
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
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.

Author: Oscar J. Martínez
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 05/01/1994
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.55h x 5.86w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780816514144


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/1994 pg. 1420
Library Journal 03/01/1994 pg. 106

About the Author
Oscar J. Martínez's own family migrated from the interior of Mexico to El Paso in the 1950s. He is a Regents Professor of History at the University of Arizona.


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