Vanishing frontiers: the forces driving Mexico and the United States together [First edition] 9781610398596, 1610398599

There may be no story today with a wider gap between fact and fiction than the relationship between the United States an

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English Pages 323 Seiten : 1 Portrait [des Verfassers] ; 25 cm Year 2018

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Vanishing frontiers: the forces driving Mexico and the United States together [First edition]
 9781610398596, 1610398599

Table of 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.

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