Andrew Grant Wood is associate professor of history at the University of Tulsa.

On the Border is an exciting and wide-ranging compilation of the most recent and innovative research in interdisciplinary border studies from both the United States and Mexico. It will be extremely useful in a number of courses dealing with border studies, Chicano studies, immigration, and global studies.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Mining Boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the Emergence of Tijuana as a Border CommunityChapter 3 Anticipating the Colonias: Popular Housing in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, 1890–1923Chapter 4 The Fence and Gates of Ambos Nogales: A Postcard Landscape ExplorationChapter 5 A Note on Homosexuality in Porfirian and Postrevolutionary Northern MexicoChapter 6 All Night at the Owl: The Social and Political Relations of Mexicali's Red-Light District, 1909–1925Chapter 7 The "Shame Suicides" and TijuanaChapter 8 Low-Budget Films for Fronterizos and Mexican Migrants in the United StatesChapter 9 Tex-Mex, Cal-Mex, New Mex, or Whose Mex? Notes on the Historical Geography of Southwestern CuisineChapter 10 U.S. Ports of Entry on the Mexican BorderChapter 11 Slab City: Squatters' Paradise?Chapter 12 Juan Soldado: Field Notes and ReflectionsChapter 13 The Oaxacan Enclaves in Los Angeles: A Photo EssayChapter 14 How Would You Like an El Camino? U.S. Perceptions of Mexico in Two Recent Hollywood Films

Andrew Grant Wood is associate professor of history at the University of Tulsa.

On the Border is an exciting and wide-ranging compilation of the most recent and innovative research in interdisciplinary border studies from both the United States and Mexico. It will be extremely useful in a number of courses dealing with border studies, Chicano studies, immigration, and global studies.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Mining Boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the Emergence of Tijuana as a Border CommunityChapter 3 Anticipating the Colonias: Popular Housing in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, 1890–1923Chapter 4 The Fence and Gates of Ambos Nogales: A Postcard Landscape ExplorationChapter 5 A Note on Homosexuality in Porfirian and Postrevolutionary Northern MexicoChapter 6 All Night at the Owl: The Social and Political Relations of Mexicali's Red-Light District, 1909–1925Chapter 7 The "Shame Suicides" and TijuanaChapter 8 Low-Budget Films for Fronterizos and Mexican Migrants in the United StatesChapter 9 Tex-Mex, Cal-Mex, New Mex, or Whose Mex? Notes on the Historical Geography of Southwestern CuisineChapter 10 U.S. Ports of Entry on the Mexican BorderChapter 11 Slab City: Squatters' Paradise?Chapter 12 Juan Soldado: Field Notes and ReflectionsChapter 13 The Oaxacan Enclaves in Los Angeles: A Photo EssayChapter 14 How Would You Like an El Camino? U.S. Perceptions of Mexico in Two Recent Hollywood Films

Andrew Grant Wood is associate professor of history at the University of Tulsa.

On the Border is an exciting and wide-ranging compilation of the most recent and innovative research in interdisciplinary border studies from both the United States and Mexico. It will be extremely useful in a number of courses dealing with border studies, Chicano studies, immigration, and global studies.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Mining Boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the Emergence of Tijuana as a Border CommunityChapter 3 Anticipating the Colonias: Popular Housing in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, 1890–1923Chapter 4 The Fence and Gates of Ambos Nogales: A Postcard Landscape ExplorationChapter 5 A Note on Homosexuality in Porfirian and Postrevolutionary Northern MexicoChapter 6 All Night at the Owl: The Social and Political Relations of Mexicali's Red-Light District, 1909–1925Chapter 7 The "Shame Suicides" and TijuanaChapter 8 Low-Budget Films for Fronterizos and Mexican Migrants in the United StatesChapter 9 Tex-Mex, Cal-Mex, New Mex, or Whose Mex? Notes on the Historical Geography of Southwestern CuisineChapter 10 U.S. Ports of Entry on the Mexican BorderChapter 11 Slab City: Squatters' Paradise?Chapter 12 Juan Soldado: Field Notes and ReflectionsChapter 13 The Oaxacan Enclaves in Los Angeles: A Photo EssayChapter 14 How Would You Like an El Camino? U.S. Perceptions of Mexico in Two Recent Hollywood Films