Run for the Border: Vice and Virtue in U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings Contributor(s): Bender, Steven W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814789528 ISBN-13: 9780814789520 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Law | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
Dewey: 325.272 |
LCCN: 2011045432 |
Series: Citizenship and Migration in the Americas |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 233 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Mexico and offers a framework for a more comprehensive border policy through a historical analysis of border crossings, both Mexico to U.S. and U.S. to Mexico. In contrast to recent reform proposals, this book urges reform as the product of negotiation and implementation by cross-border accord; reform that honors the shared economic and cultural legacy of the U.S. and Mexico. Covering everything from the history of Anglo crossings into Mexico to escape law authorities, to vice tourism and retirement in Mexico, to today's focus on Mexican border-crossing immigrants and drug traffickers, Bender takes lessons from the past 150 years to argue for more explicit and compassionate cross-border cooperation. Steeped in several disciplines, Run for the Border is a blend of historical, cultural, and legal perspectives, as well as those from literature and cinema, that reflect Bender's cultural background and legal expertise. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bender, Steven W.: - Steven W. Bender is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Seattle University School of Law. He is the author of Greasers and Gringos: Latinos, Law, and the American Imagination (NYU Press, 2003), and One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, César Chávez, and the Dream of Dignity. |