{"product_id":"the-mexican-border-cities-landscape-anatomy-and-place-personality-the-mexican-border-cities-landscape-anatomy-and-place-personality-by-daniel-d-arreola-and-james-r-curtis","title":"The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality \/ by Daniel D. Arreola and James R. Curtis","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Arizona Press, 1993. Trade pb. Fading of covers. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom Matamoros to Tijuana,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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\u0026amp;;and of cultural personality\u0026amp;;that characterize these places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Mexican Border Cities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e draws on extensive field research to examine eighteen settlements along the 2,000-mile border, ranging from towns of less than 10,000 people to dynamic metropolises of nearly a million. The authors chronicle the cities' growth and compare their urban structure, analyzing them in terms of tourist districts, commercial landscapes, residential areas, and industrial and transportation quarters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArreola and Curtis contend that, despite their proximity to the United States, the border cities are fundamentally Mexican places, as distinguished by their cultural landscapes, including town plan, land-use pattern, and building fabric. Their study, richly illustrated with over 75 maps and photographs, offers a provocative and insightful interpretation of the geographic anatomy and personality of these fascinating and rapidly changing communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814577197222,"sku":null,"price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/mexicanbordercities.jpg?v=1762391380","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mexican-border-cities-landscape-anatomy-and-place-personality-the-mexican-border-cities-landscape-anatomy-and-place-personality-by-daniel-d-arreola-and-james-r-curtis","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}