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Why Walls Won’t Work: Repairing the US-Mexico Divide

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Why Walls Would possibly not Work is a sweeping account of life along the US-Mexico border zone, tracing the border’s history of cultural interaction for the reason that earliest Mesoamerican times to the present day. As soon as Mexicans, American settlers, and indigenous peoples came into contact along the Rio Grande in the mid-nineteenth century, new forms of interaction and affiliation evolved. By the late-twentieth century, the border states were a number of the fastest-growing regions in both countries. But as Michael Dear warns, this vibrant zone of economic, cultural and social connectivity is lately threatened by highly restrictive American immigration and security policies in addition to violence along the border. The U.S. border-industrial complex and the emerging Mexican narco-state are undermining the very existence of the “third nation” occupying the space between Mexico and the U.S. Through a series of evocative portraits of up to date border communities, Dear reveals how the promise and potential of this “in-between” nation still endures and is worth protecting.

Now with a new chapter updating this story and suggesting what must be done about the challenges confronting the cross-border zone, Why Walls Would possibly not Work represents a big intellectual intervention into some of the hotly-contested political issues of our era.

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