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Description

1. ix, 171 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

1. "A monograph enriched by the voice of its Mexican American subjects, Violence and Hope reveals socio-political strife and power between the borders of two nations. It is a story of inequality of opportunity, immigration, drug and human trafficking, gangs, prostitution, poverty, crime, and family violence in "Esperanza," a U.S. town 45 miles from Mexico."--Jacket.

Uniform title

1. Anthropology online.

Subject

1. Arizona > Tucson Region
2. Economic history
3. Ethnic relations
4. Mexican Americans > Economic conditions
5. Mexican Americans > Social conditions
6. Mexican Americans > Tucson Region > Economic conditions
7. Mexican Americans > Tucson Region > Social conditions
8. Mexicans > Economic conditions
9. Mexicans > Social conditions
10. Mexicans > Tucson Region > Economic conditions
11. Mexicans > Tucson Region > Social conditions
12. Social conditions
13. Tucson Region (Ariz.) > Economic conditions
14. Tucson Region (Ariz.) > Ethnic relations
15. Tucson Region (Ariz.) > Social conditions

Contents

1. Introduction -- A violent U.S. border town -- A profile of Esperanza -- The culture of alcohol and drug use and abuse -- Prostitutes and gangs -- Drug and human trafficking -- The structure of violence -- The culture of the shunned -- A shift in the paradigm.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. The real name of the subject town, which is an independent community that is contained within the city limits of Tucson, Arizona, has been replaced by the pseudonym "Esperanza."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171).

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain