{"product_id":"on-the-edge-of-the-law-culture-labor-and-deviance-on-the-south-texas-border-paperback-softback-9780292714755","title":"On the Edge of the Law; Culture, Labor, and Deviance on the South Texas Border (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292714755","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn the Edge of the Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCulture, Labor, and Deviance on the South Texas Border\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChad Richardson (Author), Rosalva Resendiz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292714755\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e367 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Valley of South Texas is a region of puzzling contradictions. Despite a booming economy fueled by free trade and rapid population growth, the Valley typically experiences high unemployment and low per capita income. The region has the highest rate of drug seizures in the United States, yet its violent crime rate is well below national and state averages. The Valley's \u003ci\u003ecolonias\u003c\/i\u003e are home to the poorest residents in the nation, but their rates of home ownership and intact two-parent families are among the highest in the country for low-income residential areas. What explains these apparently irreconcilable facts? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Since 1982, faculty and students associated with the Borderlife Research Project at the University of Texas-Pan American have interviewed thousands of Valley residents to investigate and describe the cultural and social life along the South Texas-Northern Mexico border. In this book, Borderlife researchers clarify why Valley culture presents so many apparent contradictions as they delve into issues that are \"on the edge of the law\"-traditional health care and other cultural beliefs and practices, displaced and undocumented workers, immigration enforcement, drug smuggling, property crime, criminal justice, and school dropout rates. The researchers' findings make it plain that while these issues present major challenges for the governments of the United States and Mexico, their effects and contradictions are especially acute on the border, where residents must daily negotiate between two very different economies; health care, school, and criminal justice systems; and worldviews. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction: Earthquakes and Volcanoes along the South Texas Border \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Traditional Health Care Practices (with Cristina De Juana) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. Other Cultural Beliefs and Practices (with Ana Leos and MarÍ\u003cbr\u003ea Isabel Ayala) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Displaced Workers (with Priti Verma) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Undocumented Workers (with Alberto Gonzalez) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. Immigration Enforcement Issues (with Cristina De Juana) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Drug Smuggling (with Lupe TreviÑ\u003cbr\u003eo) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. Property Crime (Shoplifting and Auto Theft) along the Border (with Jesse Garcia and Hector Garcia) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 8. American Lives, Mexican Justice (with Juan JosÉ\u003cbr\u003e Bustamante) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 9. Dropping Out (with John Cavazos) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix A. Borderlife Research Projects Utilized in This Volume \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix B. Student Interviewers Whose Ethnographic Accounts Are Included in This Book \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Glossary \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530853839128,"sku":"9780292714755","price":25.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-the-edge-of-the-law-culture-labor-and-deviance-on-the-south-texas-border-paperback-softback-9780292714755","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}