Border contraband : a history of smuggling across the Rio Grande / George T. Diaz.

Diaz, George T., 1980-
Austin : University of Texas Press, [2015].
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Part of the series Inter-America series;Inter-America series.
Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-232) and index.
  • Part I. Taxing trade. Creating a contrabandista community, 1848-1881 — Rails, trade, and traffickers, 1881-1910 — Part II. Prohibiting criminal consumption. Smugglers in dangerous times: revolution and war, 1910-1919 — Narcotics and prohibition, 1914-1945 — Smugglers and seditionists: states confront illicit traders, 1920-1945.
  • Appendix of songs in Spanish, with English translations.

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Requested by Lansing, M.

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