On the edge : water, immigration, and politics in the Southwest /

On the Edge grew out of a lifetime spent living and traveling across the American Southwest, from San Antonio to Los Angeles. Char Miller examines this borderland region through a native's eyes and contemplates its considerable conflicts. Internal to the various US states and Mexico's nort...

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Main Author:	Miller, Char
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Antonio : Trinity University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Human ecology > Southwestern States. Natural areas > Southwestern States. Natural history > Southwestern States. Nature > Effect of human beings on > Southwestern States. NATURE / Ecology. NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness. SCIENCE / Environmental Science. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography. Electronic books.
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Summary:	On the Edge grew out of a lifetime spent living and traveling across the American Southwest, from San Antonio to Los Angeles. Char Miller examines this borderland region through a native's eyes and contemplates its considerable conflicts. Internal to the various US states and Mexico's northern tier, there are struggles over water, debates over undocumented immigrants, the criminalizing of the border, and the region's evolution into a no-man's land.The book investigates how we live on this contested land --how we make our place in its oft-arid terrain; an ecosystem that burn ...
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (273 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781595341488 (electronic bk.) 159534148X (electronic bk.)