Deadly Divide
How Insects, Pathogens, and People Defied the US-Mexico Border
$82.84
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2025
Summary
When most people picture the US-Mexico border, they think of walls, fences, concrete, and wire. But in this first history of how the environment influenced physical boundary-making between the two nations, Mary E. Mendoza focuses on how the natural world shaped ideas about race, gender, and security. In so doing, she unearths surprising origins of the modern-day immigration debate.
Mexican migrants have historically been seen by some in the US as invasive and less than human. But actu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781469695402 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1469695405 |
| Author: | Mary E. Mendoza |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 25mm x 155mm |
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Critics Review
“A brilliantly researched, clearly written book. Mendoza shows, in exquisite detail, the environmental, geopolitical, and social dimensions of the history of border-making.” —Virginia Scharff, University of New Mexico
“In adding the nonhuman to the history of the border, Mendoza makes one of the most important contributions that I have read in a while. This book will become part of the central set of books on the US-Mexico border.” —María E. Montoya, New York University
About The Author
Mary E. Mendoza
Mary E. Mendoza is assistant professor of history at Penn State University and the editor of Not Just Green, Not Just White: Race, Justice, and Environmental History.
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