On the Edge of the Law : Culture, Labor, and Deviance on the South Texas Border

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Earthquakes and Volcanoes along the South Texas Border -- 1. Traditional Health Care Practices (with Cristina De Juana) -- 2. Other Cultural Beliefs and Practices (with Ana Leos and María Isabel Ayala) -- 3. Displaced Workers (wi...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Earthquakes and Volcanoes along the South Texas Border -- 1. Traditional Health Care Practices (with Cristina De Juana) -- 2. Other Cultural Beliefs and Practices (with Ana Leos and María Isabel Ayala) -- 3. Displaced Workers (with Priti Verma) -- 4. Undocumented Workers (with Alberto Rodriguez) -- 5. Immigration Enforcement Issues (with Cristina De Juana) -- 6. Drug Smuggling (with Lupe Treviño) -- 7. Property Crime (Shoplifting and Auto Theft) along the Border (with Jesse Garcia and Hector Garcia) -- 8. American Lives, Mexican Justice (with Juan José Bustamante) -- 9. Dropping Out (with John Cavazos) -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Borderlife Research Projects Utilized in This Volume -- Appendix B. Student Interviewers Whose Ethnographic Accounts Are Included in This Book -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index Ausführliche Beschreibung