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The Imaginary Line: A History of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, 1848-1857
Joseph Werne
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Description for The Imaginary Line: A History of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, 1848-1857
Hardcover. The line dividing the United States and Mexico is invisible, drawn through shifting sands and changeable rivers. This work aims to explore this border and the men who drew it. Using a variety of sources, including manuscripts and government documents, it creates a map that charts the intersection of individual lives, politics, and geography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 b&w photos, 4 maps, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
The line dividing the United States and Mexico is invisible, "imaginary", drawn through shifting sands and changeable rivers. The economic, social, and political issues surrounding this line, however, are all too real, and the line snakes its way through a history of conflict, through questions of definition, maps and claims of ownership, and personal and political gerrymandering. In The Imaginary Line: A History of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, 1848-1857, Joseph Richard Werne sets out to explore this border and the men who drew it. Using a variety of sources, including manuscripts, government documents, contemporary accounts, and memoirs, ... Read more
The line dividing the United States and Mexico is invisible, "imaginary", drawn through shifting sands and changeable rivers. The economic, social, and political issues surrounding this line, however, are all too real, and the line snakes its way through a history of conflict, through questions of definition, maps and claims of ownership, and personal and political gerrymandering. In The Imaginary Line: A History of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, 1848-1857, Joseph Richard Werne sets out to explore this border and the men who drew it. Using a variety of sources, including manuscripts, government documents, contemporary accounts, and memoirs, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Fort Worth, United States
ISBN
9780875653389
SKU
V9780875653389
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About Joseph Werne
Joseph Richard Werne is a professor of history at Southeast Missouri State University, where he has also served as director of the Latin American Studies Program. He has served twice as president of the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies, and his essays have been published in Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Journal of the Southwest, and Historia Mexicana. He received his ... Read more
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