TY - GEN T1 - Permeable borders : history, theory, policy, and practice in the United States A2 - Otto, Paul Andrew A2 - Berthier-Foglar, Susanne, 1953- LA - English PP - New York PB - Berghahn YR - 2020 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1145575671 AB - "If the frontier, in all its boundless possibility, was a central organizing metaphor for much of U.S. history, today it is arguably the border that best encapsulates the American experience, as xenophobia, economic inequality, and resurgent nationalism continue to fuel conditions of division and limitation. This boldly interdisciplinary volume explores the ways that historical and contemporary actors in the U.S. have crossed such borders--whether national, cultural, ethnic, racial, or conceptual. Together, these essays suggest new ways to understand borders while encouraging connection and exchange, even as social and political forces continue to try to draw lines around and between people"-- OP - 231 CN - JV6475 .P46 2020 SN - 9781789204438 SN - 1789204437 SN - 9781789204421 SN - 1789204429 KW - Nationalism : United States : History. KW - Xenophobia : United States : History. KW - Border crossing : United States : History. KW - Assimilation (Sociology) : United States : History. KW - United States : Emigration and immigration : Social aspects : History. KW - United States : Ethnic relations : History. KW - Mexican-American Border Region. KW - Nationalisme : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - Xénophobie : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - Passage de frontière : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - Assimilation (Sociologie) : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - États-Unis : Relations interethniques : Histoire. KW - Région frontalière mexicano-américaine. KW - États-Unis : Émigration et immigration : Aspect social : Histoire. KW - HISTORY / United States / General KW - Assimilation (Sociology) KW - Border crossing KW - Emigration and immigration : Social aspects KW - Ethnic relations KW - Nationalism KW - Xenophobia KW - North America : Mexican-American Border Region KW - United States KW - History (General), Mobility Studies, Cultural Studies (General). KW - History ER -