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Book Synopsis
A sociological study of issues ranging from health care to immigration to criminal justice drawn from interviews conducted by the Borderlife Research Project at the University of Texas–Pan American.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Earthquakes and Volcanoes along the South Texas Border
  • Chapter 1. Traditional Health Care Practices (with Cristina De Juana)
  • Chapter 2. Other Cultural Beliefs and Practices (with Ana Leos and María Isabel Ayala)
  • Chapter 3. Displaced Workers (with Priti Verma)
  • Chapter 4. Undocumented Workers (with Alberto Gonzalez)
  • Chapter 5. Immigration Enforcement Issues (with Cristina De Juana)
  • Chapter 6. Drug Smuggling (with Lupe Treviño)
  • Chapter 7. Property Crime (Shoplifting and Auto Theft) along the Border (with Jesse Garcia and Hector Garcia)
  • Chapter 8. American Lives, Mexican Justice (with Juan José Bustamante)
  • Chapter 9. Dropping Out (with John Cavazos)
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Borderlife Research Projects Utilized in This Volume
  • Appendix B. Student Interviewers Whose Ethnographic Accounts Are Included in This Book
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2006
      ISBN13: 9780292714755, 978-0292714755
      ISBN10: 0292714750

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A sociological study of issues ranging from health care to immigration to criminal justice drawn from interviews conducted by the Borderlife Research Project at the University of Texas–Pan American.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction: Earthquakes and Volcanoes along the South Texas Border
      • Chapter 1. Traditional Health Care Practices (with Cristina De Juana)
      • Chapter 2. Other Cultural Beliefs and Practices (with Ana Leos and María Isabel Ayala)
      • Chapter 3. Displaced Workers (with Priti Verma)
      • Chapter 4. Undocumented Workers (with Alberto Gonzalez)
      • Chapter 5. Immigration Enforcement Issues (with Cristina De Juana)
      • Chapter 6. Drug Smuggling (with Lupe Treviño)
      • Chapter 7. Property Crime (Shoplifting and Auto Theft) along the Border (with Jesse Garcia and Hector Garcia)
      • Chapter 8. American Lives, Mexican Justice (with Juan José Bustamante)
      • Chapter 9. Dropping Out (with John Cavazos)
      • Conclusion
      • Appendix A. Borderlife Research Projects Utilized in This Volume
      • Appendix B. Student Interviewers Whose Ethnographic Accounts Are Included in This Book
      • Notes
      • Glossary
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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