Where North Meets South 2017-05-22T19:26:22+00:00

Where North Meets South by Lawrence Herzog : book coverWhere North Meets South

Cities, Space, and Politics on the United States-Mexico Border

1990

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From the Preface

This book embraces an emerging paradox of human geography: the growth of cities along international boundaries. For many years the world system was ordered in such a way that international boundaries remained essentially free of human settlement. In the last three decades, however, the axioms of traditional geopolitical organization have been shattered; in a number of areas in the world, including the United States-Mexico, United States-Canada, and western European border regions, boundaries have come to house large-scale cities…

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“Lawrence Herzog’s superb analysis of the contemporary dynamics of urbanization and development in the border zone is certainly the best effort to date to understand the border paradox…. In sum,Where North Meets South is essential reading for those who would better understand the border. The analysis, and the solutions to which it points, cogently challenge the prevailing dichotomies and distortions of border life and point to a better understanding of what policy directions are indicated in a new and accelerated era of economic integration.”

—Studies in Comparative International Development