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Clandestine crossings : migrants and coyotes on the Texas-Mexico border / David Spener.

Author: Spener, David, 1961-

Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.

Descriptionxiv, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:The unfolding of apartheid in South Texas : domination, resistance, and migration -- Clandestine crossing at the beginning of the twenty-first century : the long march through the brush country -- Coyotaje as a cultural practice applied to migration -- Coyotaje and migration in the contemporary period -- Trust, distrust, and power : the social embeddedness of coyote-assisted border-crossings -- Passing judgment : coyotes in the discourse of clandestine border-crossing.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Spener, David, 1961-
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