Land of Necessity - 9780822344759

Land of NecessityConsumer Culture in the United StatesMexico Borderlands\nAuthor(s): Alexis McCrossen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822344759, 978-0822344759\nSynopsis\nPublished in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist [url] Land of Necessity, historians and anthropologists unravel the interplay of the national and transnational and of scarcity and abundance in the region split by the 1,969-mile boundary line dividing Mexico and the United States. This richly illustrated volume, with more than 100 images including maps, photographs, and advertisements, explores the convergence of broad demographic, economic, political, cultural, and transnational developments resulting in various forms of consumer culture in the borderlands. Though its importance is uncontestable, the role of necessity in consumer culture has rarely been explored. Indeed, it has beed