| Description |
1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Open media series
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Open Media book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Few seem to notice or care that the US Border Patrol is monitoring the Super Bowl, as they have for years, one of the many ways that forces created to police the borders are now being used, in an increasingly militarized fashion, to survey and monitor the whole of American society. Miller sounds an alarm as he chronicles this change in our country. Traveling the U.S. and beyond to speak with the people most involved with and impacted by the Border Patrol, he combines these first-hand encounters with careful research to expose a vast and booming industry for high-end technology, weapons, surveillance, and prisons. |
| Contents |
The super patrol -- Hearts, minds, and bodies. The complex-builders ; Doing nice things for children ; "Exactly the way we think" -- The boundaries of empire. Unfinished business in Indian country ; The not-so-soft underbelly of the North ; America's backyard -- The war within. Feeding the monster ; The Border Police State ; U.S. citizens in name only ; Reimagining the Niagara frontier. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
U.S. Border Patrol -- History.
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U.S. Border Patrol. |
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History. |
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Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Economic history. |
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North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Todd. Border patrol nation 9780872866317 (DLC) 2013043754 (OCoLC)833301189 |
| ISBN |
9780872866324 (electronic book) |
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0872866327 (electronic book) |
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9780872866317 |
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0872866319 |
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