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- catalog abstract "Thomas Torrans' narrative is a sweeping history of the 2000-mile-long borderlands from the time of the early Spanish intrusions in their endless quest for gold to the recent invasions of multi-nationals in their endless quest for cheap labor. It is a fascinating story of the long struggle to establish a boundary as an institution and cultural margin of the two Americas -- an Anglo North and a Latin South.".
- catalog contributor b11932761.
- catalog coverage "Mexican-American Border Region History.".
- catalog coverage "Mexico Relations United States.".
- catalog coverage "United States Relations Mexico.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Part One. The economics of space. 1. Mexico in America -- 2. Borderland -- 3. Priests and presidios. -- 4. Fiefs and filibusters. -- 5. Land of the dispossessed. -- 6. Windfall of the Wild Horse Desert. -- Part Two. Dividing the continent. 7. Corridor to the Pacific. -- 8. Americanizing Mexico. -- 9. "Down to Mexico to serve mankind." -- Part Three: A disparate unity. -- 10. Bounties and barriers: from the palm of God's hand. -- 11. Oriental opium and Mexican marijuana. -- 12. Politics and profits of the "War on Drugs." -- 13. Sin fronteras: toward a borderless world.".
- catalog description "Thomas Torrans' narrative is a sweeping history of the 2000-mile-long borderlands from the time of the early Spanish intrusions in their endless quest for gold to the recent invasions of multi-nationals in their endless quest for cheap labor. It is a fascinating story of the long struggle to establish a boundary as an institution and cultural margin of the two Americas -- an Anglo North and a Latin South.".
- catalog extent "xi, 424 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Forging the tortilla curtain.".
- catalog identifier "087565231X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Forging the tortilla curtain.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press,".
- catalog relation "Forging the tortilla curtain.".
- catalog spatial "Mexican-American Border Region History.".
- catalog spatial "Mexican-American Border Region".
- catalog spatial "Mexico Relations United States.".
- catalog spatial "United States Relations Mexico.".
- catalog subject "972/.1 21".
- catalog subject "Acculturation Mexican-American Border Region History.".
- catalog subject "F786 .T68 2000".
- catalog subject "Social change Mexican-American Border Region History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part One. The economics of space. 1. Mexico in America -- 2. Borderland -- 3. Priests and presidios. -- 4. Fiefs and filibusters. -- 5. Land of the dispossessed. -- 6. Windfall of the Wild Horse Desert. -- Part Two. Dividing the continent. 7. Corridor to the Pacific. -- 8. Americanizing Mexico. -- 9. "Down to Mexico to serve mankind." -- Part Three: A disparate unity. -- 10. Bounties and barriers: from the palm of God's hand. -- 11. Oriental opium and Mexican marijuana. -- 12. Politics and profits of the "War on Drugs." -- 13. Sin fronteras: toward a borderless world.".
- catalog title "Forging the tortilla curtain : cultural drift and change along the United States-Mexico border, from the Spanish era to the present / by Thomas Torrans.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".