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This book is about the history, economics, and customs which shape the troubled borderlands along the Rio Grande. It is based on author Ram-n Eduardo Ruiz's extensive research, travels, remembrances, and firsthand interviews with the people on the Mexican side. Ruiz examines many timely issues (the impact of drug trafficking, legal and illegal immigration, assembly plants and the global economy, and the ecological disaster in the making) while also making vivid the borderlands themselves: what they are, how they came to be, and salient aspects of life in this region of the world.
A probing look into the history, economics, and customs which shape the troubled borderlands along the Rio Grande On the Rim of Mexico: Encounters of the Rich and Poor addresses the ties and asymmetries across the Mexico-U.S. border, from Tijuana/San Diego to Matamoros/Brownsville. Based on author Ram--n Eduardo Ruiz's extensive research, travels, remembrances, and firsthand interviews with the people on the Mexican side, the book probes the history, economics, and customs which have shaped this troubled region. While Ruiz examines many timely issues (the impact of drug trafficking, legal and illegal immigration, assembly plants and the global economy, and the ecological disaster in the making), he also makes vivid the borderlands themselves: what they are, how they came to be, and salient aspects of life in this region of the world. On the Rim of Mexico is a moving portrait of the people, places, and issues which make-up border life today.
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