The U.s. And Mexico Borderland Development And The National Economies

Preface -- Borderland Development -- The Nature and Significance of Border Development Patterns -- Interdependence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: Irresistible Dynamic or Fragmented Reality? -- National Identity Along Mexico's Northern Border: Report of Preliminary Findings -- Sectoral and Territorial Implications of Industrialization in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands -- Income Distribution in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands -- The Northern Border of Mexico and the Crisis of 1982: A Few Preliminary Observations -- Industrial Integration of the Northern Border Regions of Mexico into the National Economy -- Internationalization of Industry: U.S.-Mexican Linkages -- Evaluating the Benefits and Costs of Mexico's Border Industrialization Program -- New Policies and Strategies of Multinational Corporations During the Mexican National Crisis 1982-1983 -- Institutional Structures, Flows, and the National Economies -- The Vicissitudes of the Mexican Economy and Their Impact on Mexican-American Political Relations -- The Welfare Economics of Labor Migration from Mexico to the United States -- Explaining Origin Patterns of Undocumented Migration to South Texas in Recent Years -- Industrialization, the Flow of Technology, and Economic Solvency and Independence -- Hazardous and Toxic Substances as a Part Of United States-Mexico Relations -- Bilateral Admiralty Relations Between Mexico and the United States -- Epilogue

Biography

Lay James Gibson is professor and head of the Department of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Arizona, Tucson.