Imaginary lines
Subtitle: border enforcement and the origins of undocumented immigration, 1882-1930
By: Patrick Ettinger.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292721180
Subjects: Illegal aliens -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Illegal aliens -- Government policy -- United States; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century; Mexican-American Border Region -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The menaces without : immigrant aliens and the origins of immigration restrictions; title: Diverted streams : discovering a permeable border, 1882-1891; title: Drawing the lines : blueprints for immigration enforcement on the borders, 1891-1910; title: Erasing the lines : immigrant ingenuity on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1895-1910; title: Northward bound : Mexican immigrants, migrants, and refugees at the border, 1900-1921; title: The sisyphean task : origins of the modern border; title: Epilogue: an imaginary line : change and continuity on the U.S.-Mexico border.