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Run for the border : vice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings / Steven W. Bender.

Author: Bender, Steven.

Imprint:New York : New York University Press, c2012.

Descriptionix, 224 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:El fugitivo -- Gringos in paradise -- A giant sucking sound -- Margaritaville : the lure of alcohol -- Losin' it : prostitution and the child sex trade -- Going southbound : Mexican divorces and medical border runs -- Rum-running for the border -- Acapulco gold -- Coming to America -- Lessons from 150 years of border crossings -- Good neighbor immigration policy -- Reefer madness -- A framework for southbound crossings -- Laws the border leaves behind.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-[220]) and index.

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Bender, Steven.
Title:
Vice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings
Vice and virtue in US-Mexico border crossings
Vice and virtue in United States-Mexico border crossings
Series Statement
Citizenship and migration in the Americas
Subject:
Emigration and immigration law -- United States.
Fugitives from justice -- Mexico.
Fugitives from justice -- United States.
Emigration and immigration law -- Mexico.
Border security -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Emigration and immigration.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico.
Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States.