Description
Why Walls Won't Work is a sweeping account of life along the United States-Mexico border zone, tracing the border's history of cultural interaction since the earliest Mesoamerican times to the present day. As soon as Mexicans, American settlers, and indigenous peoples came into contact along the Rio Grande in the mid-nineteenth century, new forms of interaction and affiliation evolved. By the late-twentieth century, the border states were among the fastest-growing regions in both countries. But as Michael Dear warns, this vibrant zone of economic, cultural and social connectivity is today threatened by highly restrictive American immigration and security policies as well as violence along the border. The U.S. border-industrial complex and the emerging Mexican narco-state are undermining the very existence of the "third nation" occupying the space between Mexico and the U.S. Through a series of evocative portraits of contemporary border communities, Dear reveals how the promise and potential of this "in-between" nation still endures and is worth protecting.Now with a new chapter updating this story and suggesting what should be done about the challenges confronting the cross-border zone, Why Walls Won't Work represents a major intellectual intervention into one of the most hotly-contested political issues of our era.
Table of Contents
Preface1. MONUMENTS, MEXICO AND MANIFEST DESTINY2. MAPS WITHOUT BORDERS: CONTINUITY & CONNECTION IN EARLY TIMES3. FROM FRONTIER SETTLEMENTS TO TRANSBORDER CITIES4. LAW AND ORDER AT THE BORDER5. THIRD NATION BEFORE THE WALL6. THIRD NATION OF THE MIND7. FORTRESS USA8. MEXICO: NARCO-STATE OR FAILED STATE?9. THIRD NATION INTERRUPTED10. WHY WALLS WON'T WORK11. AFTER THE WALL, WHAT IS TO BE DONE?EndnotesBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndexList of figuresList of tables
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