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Title:
Migra! : a history of the U.S. Border Patrol / Kelly Lytle Hernández.
Author:
Hernandez, Kelly Lytle.
Publication Information:
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2010.
Call Number:
JV6483 .H45 2010
Abstract:
Reveals the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large professional police force. This book focuses on the daily challenges of policing the borderlands and brings to light unexpected partners and forgotten dynamics.--[source unknown].
ISBN:
9780520266414
Series:
American crossroads ; 29

American crossroads ; 29.
Physical Description:
[xvi], 311 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents:
1. The early years -- 2. A sanctuary of violence -- 3. The California-Arizona borderlands -- 4. Mexico's labor emigrants, America's illegal immigrants -- 5. A new beginning -- 6. The corridors of migration control -- 7. Uprising : a farmer's rebellion -- 8. The triumphs of '54 -- 9. "The day of the wetback is over"
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