U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Jaguar Books on Latin America) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0842024476 ISBN 13: 9780842024471

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

The U.S.-Mexican borderlands form the region where the United States and Latin America have interacted with the greatest intensity. In U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Oscar Martinez has brought together both scholarly essays and primary documents that address the protracted conflict rooted in the vast difference in power between Mexico and its northern neighbor. Each of the seven parts of this new reader explores a key issue in borderlands studies and contains several essays followed by documents such as treaties, government reports, newspaper articles, and interviews.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The U.S.- Mexican borderlands form the region where the United States and Latin America have interacted with the greatest intensity. Professor Oscar Martinez has brought together both scholarly essays and primary documents for 'U.S.- Mexico Borderlands.' The selections are organized in seven parts, each of which explores a key issue in borderlands studies.

About the Author:

Oscar J. Martínez migrated with his family from central Chihuahua to Ciudad Juárez in the 1940’s, and he spent his childhood in Juárez and El Paso. He is Professor of History at the University of Arizona.

Oscar J. MartA-nez'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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0842024476
• ISBN 13: 9780842024471
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Martinez Oscar J.