Border land, border water: a history of construction on the U.S.-Mexico divide PDF
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BORDER LAND, Alvarez_7358_BK.indd 1 6/17/19 11:44 AM Alvarez_7358_BK.indd 2 6/17/19 11:44 AM B O R D E R L A N D , ------------------------------------------------------ A HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE US-MEXICO DIVIDE C. J. ALVAREZ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS AUSTIN Alvarez_7358_BK.indd 3 6/17/19 11:44 AM Parts of chapter 3 will be published as “Police, Waterworks, and the Construction of the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1924–1954,” in Western Historical Quarterly 50, no. 3. Copyright © 2019 by University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2019 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 utpress.utexas.edu/rp-form The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Alvarez, C. J., author. Title: Border land, border water : a history of construction on the U.S.-Mexico divide / C. J. Alvarez. Description: First edition. | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018055236 | ISBN 978-1-4773-1900-0 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 978-1- 4773-1902-4 (library e-book) | ISBN 978-1-4773-1903-1 (non-library e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Mexican-American Border Region—History. | Mexican-American Border Region—Environmental conditions. | Building—Mexican-American Border Region. | Public works—Political aspects—Mexican-American Border Region— History. | Waterworks—Mexican-American Border Region—History. Classification: LCC F787 .A48 2019 | DDC 363.6/109721—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018055236 doi:10.7560/319000 Alvarez_7358_BK.indd 4 6/17/19 11:44 AM For my mother, sister, Ružica, and Nadežda Alvarez_7358_BK.indd 5 6/17/19 11:44 AM Alvarez_7358_BK.indd 6 6/17/19 11:44 AM CONTENTS Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 1. THE BORDER ENVIRONMENT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ----------------------------------------------------------------------17 2. THE BORDER AND THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION ------------------------------------- 53 3. POLICE AND WATERWORKS ON THE BORDER: ASPIRATIONS TO CONTROL THROUGH BUILDING- --------------------------------- 95 4. POLICE AND WATERWORKS ON THE BORDER: SYSTEMIC FLAWS- ------------------------------------------------------------- 141 5. BUILDING THE BORDER OF TODAY --------------------------------------------------------189 Epilogue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------233 Acknowledgments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------239 Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------241 Bibliography ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 271 Index ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 287 Alvarez_7358_BK.indd 7 6/17/19 11:44 AM Alvarez_7358_BK.indd 8 6/17/19 11:44 AM BORDER LAND, Alvarez_7358_BK.indd 9 6/17/19 11:44 AM
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