{"product_id":"threshold-emergency-responders-on-the-usmexico-border-9780520297180","title":"Threshold  Emergency Responders on the USMexico","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Jusionyte] writes movingly of the collaborative efforts between Nogales, in Arizona, and its counterpart across the border, Nogales, Sonora—the two towns’ fire departments have frequently called upon one another for aid. Jusionyte explores the sister towns bisected by the border from many angles in this illuminating and poignant exploration of a place and situation that are little discussed yet have significant implications for larger political discourse.” * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThreshold\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader close to realities so easily overlooked that no public figure has even gotten around to lying about them.” * Inside Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e\"This volume explores the dilemmas faced by paramedics and firefighters along the US–Mexico border as they try to balance their responsibilities as lifesavers with the demands of the laws that govern the border areas in which they work.\" * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e “A staggering work of public anthropology, one that is richly detailed, finely argued, and written in an engaging, even captivating style that brings the reader right to the frontlines of the so-called ‘hostile environments’ and ‘tactical infrastructures’ that now mark the US-Mexico border.” \u003c\/p\u003e * Public Anthropologist *\u003cbr\u003e\"A timely book that will appeal to academic and public audiences interested in a more nuanced understanding of security and humanitarianism on the border.\" * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is a remarkable socio-historical-anthropological study of the war-zone landscape of the US\/Mexico border.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Political and Legal Anthropology Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dead End\u003cbr\u003e Treacherous Terrain\u003cbr\u003e First Due to the Border\u003cbr\u003e Binational Security\u003cbr\u003e Toxic Statecraft\u003cbr\u003e Politics of Wounding and of Rescue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART ONE: ANKLE ALLEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nogales, Arizona, Mexico\u003cbr\u003e Fence Jumpers\u003cbr\u003e Tactical Infrastructure\u003cbr\u003e Por Otro Lado\u003cbr\u003e Overpaid Tomato Pickers\u003cbr\u003e Accidental Violence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART TWO: DOWNWIND, DOWNHILL, DOWNSTREAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brotherhood\u003cbr\u003e Red Tape\u003cbr\u003e Maquiladora\u003cbr\u003e Acid Rain\u003cbr\u003e Road to Rocky Point\u003cbr\u003e Staging\u003cbr\u003e Security of the Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART THREE: WILDLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Load Vehicles\u003cbr\u003e The Man in Black Dress Pants\u003cbr\u003e Bound by Law\u003cbr\u003e Watchouts\u003cbr\u003e Aid Is Not a Crime\u003cbr\u003e Land of Many Uses\u003cbr\u003e Some Pill to Help Us Walk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e EPILOGUE: THE GREAT NEW WALL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e About This Project\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864905331031,"sku":"9780520297180","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520297180.jpg?v=1722273281","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/threshold-emergency-responders-on-the-usmexico-border-9780520297180","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}