On the border society and culture between the United States and Mexico edited by Andrew Grant Wood. - Lanham, MD SR Books 2004. - xi, 303 p. ill., maps 24 cm. - Latin American silhouettes .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The mining boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the emergence of Tijuana as a border community Anticipating the colonias: popular housing in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, 1890-1923 The fence and gates of Ambos Nogales: a postcard landscape exploration A note on homosexuality in porfirian and postrevolutionary northern Mexico All night at the owl: the social and political relations of Mexicali's red-light district, 1909-1925 The 'shame suicides' and Tijuana Low-budget films for fronterizos and Mexican migrants in the United States Tex-Mex, Cal-Mex, New Mex, or whose Mex? Notes on the historical geography of southwestern cuisine U.S. ports of entry on the Mexican border Slab city: squatters' paradise? Juan Soldado: field notes and reflections The Oaxacan enclaves in Los Angeles: a photo essay How would you like an El Camino? U.S. perceptions of Mexico in two recent Hollywood films Lawrence D. Taylor -- Andrew Grant Wood -- Daniel D. Arreola -- Victor Manuel Macías-González -- Eric Michael Schantz -- Vincent Cabeza de Baca Juan Cabeza de Baca -- María S. Arbeláez -- Jeffrey M. Pilcher -- Josiah McC. Heyman -- Travis du Bry Paul J. Vanderwood -- Devra Weber -- Andrew Grant Wood. photographs by Dominique Rissolo --

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Mexican- American Border Region--Civilization.
Mexican- American Border Region--History.

F787 / .O5 2004

972.1 / O5811