Cities and citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico border

Description:

"At the center of the 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border, a sprawling transnational urban space has mushroomed into a metropolitan region with over two million people whose livelihoods depend on global manufacturing, cross-border trade, and border control jobs. Our volume advances knowledge on urban space, gender, education, security, and work, focusing on Ciudad Jur̀ez, the export-processing (maquiladora) manufacturing capital of the Americas and the infamous site of femicide and outlier murder rates connected with arms and drug trafficking. Given global economic trends, this transnational urban region is a likely paradigmatic future for other world regions"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Politics and government,  Social conditions,  Globalization,  Case studies,  Economic conditions,  Social aspects,  Emigration and immigration,  Mexican-american border region,  Ciudad juarez (mexico),  Mexico, social conditions,  Mexico, economic conditions,  Mexico, politics and government,  Mexico, emigration and immigration,  Economic history,  Mondialisation,  Études de cas,  Émigrants et immigrants,  Conditions sociales,  Émigration et immigration,  Aspect social,  HISTORY