Andrew Grant Wood is associate professor of history at the University of Tulsa.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Mining Boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the Emergence of Tijuana as a Border CommunityChapter 3 Anticipating the Colonias: Popular Housing in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, 1890–1923Chapter 4 The Fence and Gates of Ambos Nogales: A Postcard Landscape ExplorationChapter 5 A Note on Homosexuality in Porfirian and Postrevolutionary Northern MexicoChapter 6 All Night at the Owl: The Social and Political Relations of Mexicali's Red-Light District, 1909–1925Chapter 7 The "Shame Suicides" and TijuanaChapter 8 Low-Budget Films for Fronterizos and Mexican Migrants in the United StatesChapter 9 Tex-Mex, Cal-Mex, New Mex, or Whose Mex? Notes on the Historical Geography of Southwestern CuisineChapter 10 U.S. Ports of Entry on the Mexican BorderChapter 11 Slab City: Squatters' Paradise?Chapter 12 Juan Soldado: Field Notes and ReflectionsChapter 13 The Oaxacan Enclaves in Los Angeles: A Photo EssayChapter 14 How Would You Like an El Camino? U.S. Perceptions of Mexico in Two Recent Hollywood Films

On the Border is an exciting and wide-ranging compilation of the most recent and innovative research in interdisciplinary border studies from both the United States and Mexico. It will be extremely useful in a number of courses dealing with border studies, Chicano studies, immigration, and global studies.

Andrew Grant Wood is associate professor of history at the University of Tulsa.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Mining Boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the Emergence of Tijuana as a Border CommunityChapter 3 Anticipating the Colonias: Popular Housing in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, 1890–1923Chapter 4 The Fence and Gates of Ambos Nogales: A Postcard Landscape ExplorationChapter 5 A Note on Homosexuality in Porfirian and Postrevolutionary Northern MexicoChapter 6 All Night at the Owl: The Social and Political Relations of Mexicali's Red-Light District, 1909–1925Chapter 7 The "Shame Suicides" and TijuanaChapter 8 Low-Budget Films for Fronterizos and Mexican Migrants in the United StatesChapter 9 Tex-Mex, Cal-Mex, New Mex, or Whose Mex? Notes on the Historical Geography of Southwestern CuisineChapter 10 U.S. Ports of Entry on the Mexican BorderChapter 11 Slab City: Squatters' Paradise?Chapter 12 Juan Soldado: Field Notes and ReflectionsChapter 13 The Oaxacan Enclaves in Los Angeles: A Photo EssayChapter 14 How Would You Like an El Camino? U.S. Perceptions of Mexico in Two Recent Hollywood Films

On the Border is an exciting and wide-ranging compilation of the most recent and innovative research in interdisciplinary border studies from both the United States and Mexico. It will be extremely useful in a number of courses dealing with border studies, Chicano studies, immigration, and global studies.

Andrew Grant Wood is associate professor of history at the University of Tulsa.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Mining Boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the Emergence of Tijuana as a Border CommunityChapter 3 Anticipating the Colonias: Popular Housing in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, 1890–1923Chapter 4 The Fence and Gates of Ambos Nogales: A Postcard Landscape ExplorationChapter 5 A Note on Homosexuality in Porfirian and Postrevolutionary Northern MexicoChapter 6 All Night at the Owl: The Social and Political Relations of Mexicali's Red-Light District, 1909–1925Chapter 7 The "Shame Suicides" and TijuanaChapter 8 Low-Budget Films for Fronterizos and Mexican Migrants in the United StatesChapter 9 Tex-Mex, Cal-Mex, New Mex, or Whose Mex? Notes on the Historical Geography of Southwestern CuisineChapter 10 U.S. Ports of Entry on the Mexican BorderChapter 11 Slab City: Squatters' Paradise?Chapter 12 Juan Soldado: Field Notes and ReflectionsChapter 13 The Oaxacan Enclaves in Los Angeles: A Photo EssayChapter 14 How Would You Like an El Camino? U.S. Perceptions of Mexico in Two Recent Hollywood Films

On the Border is an exciting and wide-ranging compilation of the most recent and innovative research in interdisciplinary border studies from both the United States and Mexico. It will be extremely useful in a number of courses dealing with border studies, Chicano studies, immigration, and global studies.