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Oscar J. Martinez - Ciudad Juárez, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Ciudad Juárez

Saga of a Legendary Border City

Av Oscar J. Martinez

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Juárez is no ordinary city. Its history is exhilarating and tragic. Part of the state of Chihuahua and located on the border with the United States opposite El Paso, Texas, Juárez has often captured the world’s attention in dramatic fashion.In Ciudad Juárez: Saga of a Legendary Border City, Oscar J. Martínez provides a historical overview of the economic and social evolution of this famous transnational urban center from the 1848 creation of the international boundary between Mexico and the United States to the present, emphasizing the city’s deep ties to the United States.Martínez also explores major aspects of the social history of the city, including cross-border migration, urbanization, population growth, living standards, conditions among the city’s workers, crime, and the circumstances that led to the horrendous violence that catapulted Juárez to the top rung of the world’s most violent urban areas in the early twenty-first century.In countless ways, the history of Juárez is the history of the entire Mexican northern frontier. Understanding how the city evolved provides a greater appreciation for the formidable challenges faced by Mexican fronterizos, and yields vital insights into the functioning of borderland regions around the world.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2018-03-27
  • Mått: 152 x 226 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 470 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 344
  • Förlag: University of Arizona Press
  • ISBN: 9780816537228
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Oscar J. Martinez is a Regents’ Professor of History at the University of Arizona. He has authored and edited numerous books and many articles, book chapters, and reviews. His most recent book is Mexico’s Uneven Development: The Geographic and Historical Context of Inequality.

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Forty years after his path-breaking Border Boom Town: Ciudad Juárez since 1848, Oscar J. Martínez takes a fresh look at the legendary borderlands city. Martínez writes evocatively, with great clarity, in this richly documented book that permits comparison between past and present debates."" - Kathleen Staudt, author of Border Politics in a Global Era: Comparative Perspectives  ""The most important Mexican border city unpacked and interpreted. Martínez knows Ciudad Juárez and this work shines like no other."" - Daniel D. Arreola, author of Postcards from the Sonora Border: Visualizing Place Through a Popular Lens, 1900s–1950s  ""This study not only illuminates the development of Ciudad Juárez, but also says much about El Paso, the U.S.-Mexican border, and relations between the United States and Mexico."" - Paul Ganster, co-author of The U.S.-Mexican Border Today: Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective

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