Forging the tortilla curtain :: cultural drift and change along the United States-Mexico border, from the Spanish era to the present /

Thomas Torrans' narrative is a sweeping history of the 2000-mile-long borderlands from the time of the early Spanish intrusions in their endless quest for gold to the recent invasions of multi-nationals in their endless quest for cheap labor. It is a fascinating story of the long struggle to es...

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1. Verfasser: Torrans, Thomas
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Fort Worth : TCU Press, ©2000.
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Zusammenfassung:Thomas Torrans' narrative is a sweeping history of the 2000-mile-long borderlands from the time of the early Spanish intrusions in their endless quest for gold to the recent invasions of multi-nationals in their endless quest for cheap labor. It is a fascinating story of the long struggle to establish a boundary as an institution and cultural margin of the two Americas -- an Anglo North and a Latin South.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 424 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-403) and index.
ISBN:0585414718
9780585414713

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