Postcolonial readings of the early colonial history of an industrialized border city : legacies of conquest -- The invention of borderlands geography : what do Aztlán and Tenochtitlán have to do with Ciudad Juárez/paso del norte? -- The problem of color in Mexico and on the U.S.-Mexico border...

Namhafte Wissenschaftler (z.B. der Soziologe Elmar Altvater und der Geowissenschaftler Gerd Kohlhepp) beleuchten in 10 Beiträgen Grundfragen, aktuelle Probleme und Zukunftsperspektiven aus interdisziplinärer Sicht. Die Palette der Themen ist bunt: Die Globalisierung Brasiliens,...

Introduction -- The birth and development of export agriculture in the San Quintín Valley -- Transnational agribusiness, local growers, and discontents -- Labor recruitment : from local to transnational systems of labor contracting -- "They want first-class workers with third world wages" : the...