Migra! : a history of the U.S. Border Patrol /
"This is the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large professional police force. To tell this story, Kelly Lytle Hernández dug through a gold mine of lost and unseen records stored in garages, closets,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
2010
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| Series: | American crossroads ;
29. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "This is the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large professional police force. To tell this story, Kelly Lytle Hernández dug through a gold mine of lost and unseen records stored in garages, closets, an abandoned factory, and in U.S. and Mexican archives. Focusing on the daily challenges of policing the borderlands and bringing to light unexpected partners and forgotten dynamics, Migra! reveals how the U.S. Border Patrol translated the mandate for comprehensive migration control into a project of policing Mexicans in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-298) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520945715 0520945719 9780520946613 0520946618 1282556223 9781282556225 9786612556227 6612556226 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
