Demographic dynamics of the U.S.-Mexico Border
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Texas Western Press, University of Texas at El Paso,
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Publisher Address: | El Paso, Tex. |
Publication Dates: | c1992. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | viii, 318 p.: ill., map ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
0874042224 (pbk.) 9780874042221 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | C924 |
CLC: |
C924.712 C924.731 |
Call Number: | C924.712/D383 |
Contents: |
"Revised, updated, and edited versions of papers originally presented at the Binational Symposium on Population Issues Along the U.S-Mexico Border held in Tijuana, Mexico in 1987"--P. i. Demographic dynamics/U.S.-Mexico border. Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-307) and index. A demographic perspective of the U.S.-Mexico border / Roberto Ham-Chande and John R. Weeks -- A geodemographic definition of the Mexican northern border / Rene M. Zenteno Quintero and Rodolfo Cruz Piñeiro -- Defining and demographically characterizing the southern border of the U.S. / Leo R. Chavez -- Comparative sociodemographic indicators at the U.S.-Mexico border: 1980 / Linda S. Peterson and Eduardo E. Arriaga -- Peculiarities of border marriage patterns / Julieta Quilodrán -- Determinants of Anglo and Mexican American fertility on the U.S.-Mexico border / Charles W. Warren -- Mortality of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants : comparisons with Mexico / Benjamin S. Bradshaw and W. Parker Frisbie. Estimates of infant mortality for the northern border of Mexico / Leopoldo Núñez Fernández -- Households and emigration in the northern border : the case of Reynosa / Rodolfo A. Tuirán -- The floating population of the border / Gabriel Estrella Valenzuela -- The economically active population in the northern region of Mexico / Mercedes Pedrero Nieto -- The economic impact of undocumented workers in the Southwest of the United States / Frank D. Bean ... [et al.] -- Family planning in the border region of Mexico / Manuel Urbina -- Perspectives on population and employment along the border / Victor Urquidi -- Demographic dynamics in the context of the U.S.-Mexico border / John R. Weeks and Robert Ham- Chande. "Compilation of 15 articles of uneven quality and length from 1987 Binational Symposium on Population Issues along the US-Mexico Border held in Tijuana. Includes topics such as: border marriages, fertility on both sides of the border, emigration, infant mortality and family planning in northern Mexico, and economic impact of undocumented migrants in the US Southwest"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. |