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Border Contraband

George T. Díaz (Autor)

Univ of Chicago behalf of University of Texas (Editora)

R$ 218,53
SKU: 9781477310137
Present-day smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border is a professional, often violent, criminal activity. However, it is only the latest chapter in a history of illicit business dealings that stretches back to 1848, when attempts by Mexico and the United States to tax commerce across the Rio Grande upset local trade and caused popular resentment. Rather than acquiesce to what they regarded as arbitrary trade regulations, borderlanders continued to cross goods and accepted many forms of smuggling as just. In Border Contraband, George T. Díaz provides the first history of the common, yet little studied, practice of smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border. In Part I, he examines the period between 1848 and 1910, when the United States' and Mexico's trade concerns focused on tariff collection and on borderlanders' attempts to avoid paying tariffs by smuggling. Part II begins with the onset of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, when national customs and other security forces on the border shifted their emphasis to the interdiction of prohibited items (particularly guns and drugs) that threatened the state. Díaz's pioneering research explains how greater restrictions have transformed smuggling from a low-level mundane activity, widely accepted and still routinely practiced, into a highly profitable professional criminal enterprise.

Sobre o Livro

Entre 1848 e 1910, Díaz descreve o contrabando ao longo do Rio Grande, evidenciando como as cobranças alfandegárias e as tentativas de taxação alteraram o comércio local e geraram resistência popular.

A partir de 1910, com a Revolução Mexicana, as forças nacionais passaram a priorizar a interdição de itens proibidos, sobretudo armas e drogas, mudando o foco das autoridades nas fronteiras.

O autor analisa como essas mudanças nas políticas alfandegárias e de segurança transformaram práticas de contrabando toleradas em atividades criminosas profissionais e frequentemente violentas.

Características

Categoria História
Subcategoria Sociologia
Autores George T. Díaz
Sobre o Autor
Idioma Inglês
Quantidade de Páginas 256
Acabamento Brochura
Editora Univ of Chicago behalf of University of Texas
ISBN 9781477310137
Tamanho 15.2x22.9
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