Between Borders: A Comparative Study of Traditional and Fronterizo Migration from Mexico to the United States, 1965-2007

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dc.contributor.advisorLopez-Alonso, Moramay
dc.creatorRendon-Ramos, Erika R
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T19:03:48Z
dc.date.available2020-05-01T05:01:09Z
dc.date.created2019-05
dc.date.issued2019-04-12
dc.date.submittedMay 2019
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T19:03:49Z
dc.description.abstract“Between Borders” studies transnationalism and explores how the migration experience is diversified based on place of origin and destination—specifically as it relates to the U.S. – Mexico Border. I consider two types of migration: a traditional movement from Mexico to Dallas, Texas and a borderland movement from Matamoros, Tamaulipas to Brownsville, Texas. My research derives from the lived experience of migrants, making oral history a key component of my dissertation. I question the relation between geography, immigrant identity and the ability to remain bicultural after years in the United States. I conclude that geography, namely one's distance from the border, dictates one's immigration experience, and is at the root of why persons who are in a continual state of movement in the borderlands are able to remain intimately tied to both countries.
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dc.identifier.citationRendon-Ramos, Erika R. "Between Borders: A Comparative Study of Traditional and Fronterizo Migration from Mexico to the United States, 1965-2007." (2019) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105995">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105995</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105995
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectimmigration
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectborderlands
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectMexico
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectfronterizos
dc.subjecttransnationalism
dc.subjectbiculturalism
dc.titleBetween Borders: A Comparative Study of Traditional and Fronterizo Migration from Mexico to the United States, 1965-2007
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thesis.degree.departmentHistory
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanities
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
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