The Borderlands: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Politics on the U.S.-Mexico Divide

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Greenwood Publishing Group

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Copyright

2008

ISBN13

9780313087417

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eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Overview

Provides numerous essay entries covering U.S.-Mexico border history, culture, and politics.
Cover Page.
Half Title.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Alphabetical List of Entries.
List of Entries by Topic.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chronology.
1: Adams Onís Treaty.
2: Agribusiness.
3: Agua Caliente Resort and Casino.
4: The Alamo.
5: American G.I. Forum..
6: Anthropology of the Borderlands..
7: Anzaldúa, Gloria (1942–2004)..
8: Architecture.
9: Art.
10: Austin, Stephen F. (1793–1836).
11: Aztlán.
12: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983).
13: Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1832–1918).
14: Barbed Wire.
15: Big Bend National Park.
16: Big Four.
17: Border Arts Workshop.
18: Border Industrialization Program.
19: Bracero Program.
20: Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez (ca. 1490—ca. 1557)..
21: California Gold Rush (1848).
22: California Proposition 187.
23: Californios.
24: Catholic Church.
25: Central American Migration.
26: Chávez, César (1927–93)..
27: Cheech and Chong (Richard “Cheech” Marin [1946–] and Thomas Chong [1938–])..
28: Chicana/o Movement..
29: Chinatowns..
30: Cinco de Mayo.
31: Cinema.
32: Cisneros, Henry (1947–).
33: Cities and Towns.
34: Colonias.
35: Colorado River.
36: Communications.
37: Corona, Bert (1918–2001).
38: Cortina War (1859).
39: Coyotes.
40: Cuisine.
41: Culture.
42: de Anza, Juan Bautista (1736–88).
43: de Coronado, Francisco Vázquez (ca. 1510–54).
44: de Oñate, Don Juan (ca. 1550–1626).
45: del Río, Dolores (1904–83).
46: Disease.
47: Domestic Workers.
48: Drug Trafficking.
49: Economy.
50: Education.
51: Environmentalism.
52: European Immigrants and Communities.
53: Filibusters.
54: Filipinos.
55: Flores Magón Brothers.
56: Folklore.
57: Foreigners Expelled from Mexico.
58: Freemasonry.
59: Gadsden Purchase (1853).
60: Galarza, Ernesto (1905–84).
61: Gamio, Manuel
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