Border land, border water: a history of construction on the U.S.-Mexico divide

312 Pages·2019·56.538 MB·English

by  Alvarez, C. J

BORDER LAND,
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B O R D E R
L A N D ,
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A HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTION ON
THE US-MEXICO DIVIDE
C. J. ALVAREZ
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS     AUSTIN
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Parts of chapter 3 will be published as “Police, Waterworks, and the Construction of the
U.S.-Mexico Border, 1924–1954,” in Western Historical Quarterly 50, no. 3.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Alvarez, C. J., author.
Title: Border land, border water : a history of construction on the U.S.-Mexico divide /
C. J. Alvarez.
Description: First edition. | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018055236 | ISBN 978-1-4773-1900-0 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 978-1-
4773-1902-4 (library e-book) | ISBN 978-1-4773-1903-1 (non-library e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Mexican-American Border Region—History. | Mexican-American
Border Region—Environmental conditions. | Building—Mexican-American Border
Region. | Public works—Political aspects—Mexican-American Border Region—
History. | Waterworks—Mexican-American Border Region—History.
Classification: LCC F787 .A48 2019 | DDC 363.6/109721—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018055236
doi:10.7560/319000
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For my mother, sister, Ružica, and Nadežda
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CONTENTS

Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
1. THE BORDER ENVIRONMENT IN
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ----------------------------------------------------------------------17
2. THE BORDER AND THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION ------------------------------------- 53
3. POLICE AND WATERWORKS ON THE BORDER:
ASPIRATIONS TO CONTROL THROUGH BUILDING- --------------------------------- 95
4. POLICE AND WATERWORKS ON
THE BORDER: SYSTEMIC FLAWS- ------------------------------------------------------------- 141
5. BUILDING THE BORDER OF TODAY --------------------------------------------------------189
Epilogue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------233
Acknowledgments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------239
Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------241
Bibliography ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 271
Index ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 287
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BORDER LAND,
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