Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Vanishing frontiers : the forces driving Mexico and the United States together, Andrew Selee

Vanishing frontiers : the forces driving Mexico and the United States together, Andrew Selee

Creator
Author
Summary
There may be no story today with a wider gap between fact and fiction than the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Wall or no wall, deeply intertwined social, economic, business, cultural, and personal relationships mean the US-Mexico border is more like a seam than a barrier, weaving together two economies and cultures. Mexico faces huge crime and corruption problems, but its remarkable transformation over the past two decades has made it a more educated, prosperous, and innovative nation than most Americans realize. Through portraits of business leaders, migrants, chefs, movie directors, police officers, and media and sports executives, Andrew Selee looks at this emerging Mexico, showing how it increasingly influences our daily lives in the United States in surprising ways--the jobs we do, the goods we consume, and even the new technology and entertainment we enjoy. From the Mexican entrepreneur in Missouri who saved the US nail industry, to the city leaders who were visionary enough to build a bridge over the border fence so the people of San Diego and Tijuana could share a single international airport, to the connections between innovators in Mexico's emerging tech hub in Guadalajara and those in Silicon Valley, Mexicans and Americans together have been creating productive connections that now blur the boundaries that once separated us from each other
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
323 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: Intimate strangers
  • "we build a bridge across the fence" : San Diego and Tijuana become a single metropolitan area
  • "North America has become a shared production platform" : Trade transforms the Mexican and American economies
  • "Production has gone up, employment has gone up, investment has gone up" : Mexican companies invest in American growth
  • "Creating innovative technology that solves real problems" : Innovation networks expand across the border
  • "We can't talk about US energy independence, but we can talk about energy independence in North America" : Finding a common future in energy
  • "We've got a huge problem here" : Learning to cooperate on security issues
  • "Turning the Cosa Nostra into the Sopranos" : Americans and Mexicans confront organized crime together
  • "If I were to go back, I'd still be homesick" : Migrants reshape communities on both sides of the border
  • "I now feel welcome in this country" : A million American's move to Mexico
  • "A tsunami of Mexican Talent" : How Mexican filmmakers went global
  • "We've gone from ethnic to mainstream" : How Mexican influence is changing America from within
  • Vanishing frontiers : What future holds
Isbn
9781610398596
Instance
Label
Vanishing frontiers : the forces driving Mexico and the United States together
Title
Vanishing frontiers
Title remainder
the forces driving Mexico and the United States together
Statement of responsibility
Andrew Selee
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
There may be no story today with a wider gap between fact and fiction than the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Wall or no wall, deeply intertwined social, economic, business, cultural, and personal relationships mean the US-Mexico border is more like a seam than a barrier, weaving together two economies and cultures. Mexico faces huge crime and corruption problems, but its remarkable transformation over the past two decades has made it a more educated, prosperous, and innovative nation than most Americans realize. Through portraits of business leaders, migrants, chefs, movie directors, police officers, and media and sports executives, Andrew Selee looks at this emerging Mexico, showing how it increasingly influences our daily lives in the United States in surprising ways--the jobs we do, the goods we consume, and even the new technology and entertainment we enjoy. From the Mexican entrepreneur in Missouri who saved the US nail industry, to the city leaders who were visionary enough to build a bridge over the border fence so the people of San Diego and Tijuana could share a single international airport, to the connections between innovators in Mexico's emerging tech hub in Guadalajara and those in Silicon Valley, Mexicans and Americans together have been creating productive connections that now blur the boundaries that once separated us from each other
Cataloging source
YDX
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Selee, Andrew D
Dewey number
337.73
Index
index present
LC call number
HF1456.5.M6
LC item number
S44 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • Mexico
  • United States
  • Mexico
  • Globalization
  • International business enterprises
  • United States
  • HISTORY / United States / General
  • Economic history
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Globalization
  • International business enterprises
  • International economic relations
  • International relations
  • Mexico
  • United States
Label
Vanishing frontiers : the forces driving Mexico and the United States together, Andrew Selee
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-308) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Intimate strangers -- "we build a bridge across the fence" : San Diego and Tijuana become a single metropolitan area -- "North America has become a shared production platform" : Trade transforms the Mexican and American economies -- "Production has gone up, employment has gone up, investment has gone up" : Mexican companies invest in American growth -- "Creating innovative technology that solves real problems" : Innovation networks expand across the border -- "We can't talk about US energy independence, but we can talk about energy independence in North America" : Finding a common future in energy -- "We've got a huge problem here" : Learning to cooperate on security issues -- "Turning the Cosa Nostra into the Sopranos" : Americans and Mexicans confront organized crime together -- "If I were to go back, I'd still be homesick" : Migrants reshape communities on both sides of the border -- "I now feel welcome in this country" : A million American's move to Mexico -- "A tsunami of Mexican Talent" : How Mexican filmmakers went global -- "We've gone from ethnic to mainstream" : How Mexican influence is changing America from within -- Vanishing frontiers : What future holds
Control code
on1038312022
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
323 pages
Isbn
9781610398596
Lccn
2018939586
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1038312022
Label
Vanishing frontiers : the forces driving Mexico and the United States together, Andrew Selee
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-308) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Intimate strangers -- "we build a bridge across the fence" : San Diego and Tijuana become a single metropolitan area -- "North America has become a shared production platform" : Trade transforms the Mexican and American economies -- "Production has gone up, employment has gone up, investment has gone up" : Mexican companies invest in American growth -- "Creating innovative technology that solves real problems" : Innovation networks expand across the border -- "We can't talk about US energy independence, but we can talk about energy independence in North America" : Finding a common future in energy -- "We've got a huge problem here" : Learning to cooperate on security issues -- "Turning the Cosa Nostra into the Sopranos" : Americans and Mexicans confront organized crime together -- "If I were to go back, I'd still be homesick" : Migrants reshape communities on both sides of the border -- "I now feel welcome in this country" : A million American's move to Mexico -- "A tsunami of Mexican Talent" : How Mexican filmmakers went global -- "We've gone from ethnic to mainstream" : How Mexican influence is changing America from within -- Vanishing frontiers : What future holds
Control code
on1038312022
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
323 pages
Isbn
9781610398596
Lccn
2018939586
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1038312022

Subject

Library Locations

    • Lawrence Public LibraryBorrow it
      51 Lawrence Street, Lawrence, MA, 01841, US
      42.7107245 -71.162215

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Lawrence Public Library. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.