Run for the border : vice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings / Steven W. Bender.
2012
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Author
Title
Run for the border : vice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings / Steven W. Bender.
Published
New York : New York University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
KF4819 .B462 2012
ISBN
9780814789520 (cl : alk. paper)
0814789528 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814789537 (ebook)
0814789536 (ebook)
9780814723227 (ebook)
0814723225 (ebook)
0814789528 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814789537 (ebook)
0814789536 (ebook)
9780814723227 (ebook)
0814723225 (ebook)
Description
ix, 224 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)756592626
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-[220]) and index.
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Variant Title
Vice and virtue in US-Mexico border crossings
Vice and virtue in United States-Mexico border crossings
Vice and virtue in United States-Mexico border crossings
Portion of Title
Vice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
pt. I
Running for the Border to Escape Justice
1.
El Fugitivo
11
pt. II
Economic Motivations for Southbound Border Runs
2.
Gringos in Paradise
31
3.
A Giant Sucking Sound
40
pt. III
Illicit Motivations for Southbound Border Runs
4.
Margaritaville: The Lure of Alcohol
57
5.
Losin' It: Prostitution and the Child Sex Trade
70
6.
Going Southbound: Mexican Divorces and Medical Border Runs
79
pt. IV
Economic Motivations for Northbound Border Runs
7.
Rum-Running for the Border
91
8.
Acapulco Gold
95
9.
Coming to America
114
pt. V
A Framework for Comprehensive Border Reform
10.
Lessons from 150 Years of Border Crossings
141
11.
Good Neighbor Immigration Policy
158
12.
Reefer Madness
163
13.
A Framework for Southbound Crossings
172
14.
Laws the Border Leaves Behind
177
Conclusion
183
Notes
185
Index
221
About the Author
224