Images and accounts of the Mexican - US migration process and the border region abound. Representations of border crossers, plans for the construction of a security fence, the shifting economic relationship between the US and its southern neighbors, and the changing character of the Rio Grande area have played a pivotal role in shaping contemporary political discourse. The Politics, Economics, and Culture of Mexican-US Migration, which has attracted contributors from four different countries, offers multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary evaluations of these developments. It also considers...

Two phenomena are of central interest in the nine contributions that make up this volume: one is the question of power and its multiple forms, and the other is that geographical, political and cultural multifaceted unity we call the 'the Americas'. The book is a multidisciplinary effort, written by scholars from the fields of history, political science, anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, who all share an interest in the ways in which power is projected in the Americas. Some contributors focus on the sources of power, while others are more concerned with how it is presented and...

El objetivo de esta coleccion de trabajos es analizar algunas de las complejas relaciones que se establecen entre los textos y la actividad turistica, siendo la principal la induccion mutua a la accion, de viajar y de dar testimonio. Se presentan en funcion de los emisores, pertenecientes a tres ambitos: institucional, empresarial y de los usuarios, asi como de las funciones comunicativas que cumplen los textos (sitios web, relatos de viajes, folletos o discursos de residentes). Muestran desde diversas perspectivas (antropologica, traductologica o linguistica) la construccion y difusion de la...

Images and accounts of the Mexican - US migration process and the border region abound.