US-Mexico Border

Regions: Mexico, United States

The US-Mexico border as a space of cultural exchange, economic interdependence, migration, and political tension. Border history encompasses everything from vice tourism and Prohibition-era economies to the bracero program, maquiladoras, and contemporary migration politics.

Referenced by

sourcesAll Night at the Owl: The Social and Political Relations of Mexicali's Red-Light District, 1913–1925
sourcesUS Moral Panics, Mexican Politics, and the Borderlands Origins of the War on Drugs, 1950-62
peopleEric Michael Schantz
eventsMexicali Red-Light District Era
eventsOperation Intercept