The 1970s and the Making of the Modern US-Mexico Border : Fortifying a Frontier

Brown, Aaron

Lexington Books（2024/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 184 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781666950663
• DDC分類 973.92

Full Description

During the late twentieth century, many Americans expressed concern about the security surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border due to the lack of progress in achieving meaningful and effective immigration regulation and an inability to control growing drug trafficking. Despite publicly and privately striving for cooperation on these issues, Mexican and American policymakers struggled to arrive at viable and sustainable solutions. In The 1970s and the Making of the Modern US-Mexico Border: Fortifying a Frontier, Aaron Brown analyzes US drug and immigration policies from the 1960s to 1980s, how they applied to Mexico and the border, and how this shaped modern U.S. perceptions of border security. Brown utilizes archival research, newspapers, and other sources to investigate how US policymakers, border residents, and activists shaped policies aimed at eliminating rising crime, economic stagnation, and global insecurity. At a time when the US-Mexico border is again the subject of heated political debate, this book can help readers understand the origins of the current crisis.

Contents

Preface: A Changing Border Presents New Challenges
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Nixon's Border War
Chapter 2: Fears of a "Silent Invasion"
Chapter 3: The Drug Economy Expands
Chapter 4: Breakthrough or Breakdown?
Conclusion
Epilogue: A Bipartisan Border Security Agenda Emerges
Bibliography
About the Author