Border Policing - 9781477320679

Border PolicingA History of Enforcement and Evasion in North America\nAuthor(s): Holly M. Karibo, George T. Daz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477320679, 978-1477320679\nSynopsis\nAn interdisciplinary group of borderlands scholars provide the first expansive comparative history of the way North American borders have been policed-and transgressed-over the past two centuries.\n\n An extensive history examining how North American nations have tried (and often failed) to police their borders, Border Policing presents diverse scholarly perspectives on attempts to regulate people and goods at borders, as well as on the ways that individuals and communities have navigated, contested, and evaded such regulation. \n\n The contributors explore these power dynamics though a series of case studies on subjects ranging from competing allegiances at the northeastern border during the War of 1812 to struggles o.