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The borders of inequality : where wealth and poverty collide / Íñigo Moré ; translated by Lyn Dominguez.

Author/creator Moré Martínez, Íñigo
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxvi, 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleVida en la frontera. English
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Walls, Fences, Barriers -- 2.Inequality -- Where Is the Wealth? -- Where Are the Unequal Borders? -- When Did Inequality Arise? -- Why Does Inequality Exist between Neighbors? -- 3.The Anatomy of Inequality -- The Failure of the State: Whose Territory Is It? -- The Failure of the State: The Human Rights Step -- The Failure of Markets: Smuggling -- The Failure of Markets: Narcotics Trafficking -- The Failure of People: Emigration -- The Failure of People: Reciprocal Towns -- The Failure of People: Antagonism -- Maritime Borders -- 4.How Is a Step Built? The Canary Islands and the Incredible Shrinking Continent -- Emigration, the Number One Industry of the Cayuco Coast -- The United States Depends More on African Oil than on Arab Oil -- Soccer and the Cayucos -- 5.How Can a Step Be Reduced? Germany and Poland, the United States and Mexico, Spain and Morocco -- Mexico-The United States -- Trends -- Germany-Poland -- Spain-Morocco -- 6.Conclusion: The Step -- 7.Afterword: Frontiers without Borders.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the Spanish.
LCCN 2010046948
ISBN9780816529322 (hard cover : acid-free paper)
ISBN0816529329 (hard cover : acid-free paper)

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