Line in the sand : a history of the Western U.S.-Mexico border / Rachel St. John.

Author: St. John, Rachel, 1976-

Imprint:Princeton ; Oxford [England] : Princeton University Press, c2011.

Descriptionx, 284 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Note:A new map for North America: defining the border -- Holding the line: fighting land pirates and Apaches on the border -- Landscape of profits: cultivating capitalism across the border -- The space between: policing the border -- Breaking ties, building fences: making war on the border -- Like night and day: regulating morality with the border -- Insiders/outsiders: managing immigration at the border.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-272) and index.

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