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Present-day smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border is a professional, often violent, criminal activity. However, it is only the latest chapter in a history of illicit business dealings that stretches back to 1848, when attempts by Mexico and the United States to tax commerce across the Rio Grande upset local trade and caused popular resentment. Rather than acquiesce to what they regarded as arbitrary trade regulations, borderlanders continued to cross goods and accepted many forms of smuggling as just. In Border Contraband, George T. Díaz provides the first history of the common, yet little studied, practice of smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border. In Part I, he examines the period between 1848 and 1910, when the United States' and Mexico's trade concerns focused on tariff collection and on borderlanders' attempts to avoid paying tariffs by smuggling. Part II begins with the onset of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, when national customs and other security forces on the border shifted their emphasis to the interdiction of prohibited items (particularly guns and drugs) that threatened the state. Díaz's pioneering research explains how greater restrictions have transformed smuggling from a low-level mundane activity, widely accepted and still routinely practiced, into a highly profitable professional criminal enterprise.

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Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292761066
ISBN-13
9780292761063
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204289362

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Author
George T. Díaz
Publication Name
Border Contraband : a History of Smuggling Across the Rio Grande
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Inter-America Ser.
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
255 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hj6690.D53 2015
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This book offers an interesting perspective into the first days of smuggling across the bushland of the U.S.-Mexico border, along some of the same back trails that smugglers use today., A well-researched historical study of smuggling along the TexasMexican border. Thorough and innovative . . . It is a work well done and worthwhile., In this insightful and concisely written book, George Díaz shows for how much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries illicit smuggling played a central role in the daily lives of border people., Historian Diaz provides a lively narrative of the smuggling and trafficking across the Rio Grande River from 1848 to 1945., If one is to understand our current situation with Mexico, one only has to look to Díaz'sBorder Contraband.. . . a great addition to the history of the US-Mexican borderlands, giving both countries insight into the making of the border. Díaz has set the international research bar high, and as a result scholars and students will greatly benefit from such research., A well-researched historical study of smuggling along the TexasÐMexican border. Thorough and innovative . . . It is a work well done and worthwhile., D'az'sÊ Border Contraband Êis a gem. His clear and concise writing that brings in theory without all the theoretical jargon will make this an excellent option for upper-division undergraduate courses and graduate courses in both world history and borderlands studies. . . . Unlike many treatments of the U.S.-Mexico border, D'az's is truly transnational., If one is to understand our current situation with Mexico, one only has to look to Daz'sBorder Contraband.. . . a great addition to the history of the US-Mexican borderlands, giving both countries insight into the making of the border. Daz has set the international research bar high, and as a result scholars and students will greatly benefit from such research., A solidly researched volume that gives historical background to a contemporary hot topic, Border Contraband also demonstrates how smuggling has been a central part of borderlands Mexican American culture and lore., ""What governments define as illegal and what people consider wrong can differ widely," observes George T. Díaz in this engaging history of smuggling along the Texas-Mexico border. . . . The flesh and blood he gives this history makes it a strong book for classroom adoption. . . . It offers a productive point of departure-a way of conceptualizing the social worlds of smuggling-that will shape scholarly conversations about this region for years to come. "
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Taxing Trade 1. Creating a Contrabandista Community, 1848-1881 2. Rails, Trade, and Traffickers, 1881-1910 Part II: Prohibiting Criminal Consumption 3. Smugglers in Dangerous Times: Revolution and War, 1910-1919 4. Narcotics and Prohibition, 1914-1945 5. Smugglers and Seditionists: States Confront Illicit Traders, 1920-1945 Epilogue: Good Deals and Drug Deals Appendix: Songs as Sources Notes Bibliography Index, AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Taxing Trade1. Creating a Contrabandista Community, 1848?18812. Rails, Trade, and Traffickers, 1881?1910Part II: Prohibiting Criminal Consumption3. Smugglers in Dangerous Times: Revolution and War, 1910?19194. Narcotics and Prohibition, 1914?19455. Smugglers and Seditionists: States Confront Illicit Traders, 1920?1945Epilogue: Good Deals and Drug DealsAppendix: Songs as SourcesNotesBibliographyIndex
Copyright Date
2015
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, North America, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Criminology
Lccn
2014-011403
Dewey Decimal
364.1/33609721
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History, Social Science

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