The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality

by James R. Curtis and Daniel D. Arreola

Book Overview

From Matamoros to Tijuana, Mexican border cities have long evoked for their neighbors to the north images of cheap tourist playgrounds and, more recently, industrial satellites of American industry. These sensationalized and simplified perceptions fail to convey the complexity and diversity of urban form and function--and of cultural personality--that characterize these places. The Mexican Border Cities draws on extensive field research to examine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816514410
• ISBN13: 9780816514410
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"