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The Border At War: World War Ii Along The United States-Mexico Border, Winifred Baumer Dowling
The Border At War: World War Ii Along The United States-Mexico Border, Winifred Baumer Dowling
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The U.S.-Mexico border, especially the shared border of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, was in many ways transformed by the effects of World War II. This study examines change or continuity brought about by the war. The border region reflected many similarities to the national reaction to the upheaval of World War II. Yet there were dramatic differences as well. Examples of continuity and change are examined through the lens of border relations, labor and the economy, Mexican Americans, border women, and health on the border.
Wartime relations between El Paso and Juarez reached a zenith of good …