- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 224 p.)
- Series Statement
- Citizenship and migration in the Americas
- Uniform Title
- Run for the border (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Run for the border (Online)
- 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
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-[220]) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2011045432
- OCLC
- ssj0000658486
- Author
Bender, Steven.
- Title
Run for the border [electronic resource] : vice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings / Steven W. Bender.
- Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2012.
- Series
Citizenship and migration in the Americas
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-[220]) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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