Postcards from the Río Bravo Border: Picturing the Place, Placing the Picture, 1900s–1950s

Author:   Daniel D. Arreola
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
ISBN:  

9780292752801


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 August 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Postcards from the Río Bravo Border: Picturing the Place, Placing the Picture, 1900s–1950s


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Author:   Daniel D. Arreola
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9780292752801


ISBN 10:   0292752806
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction I. Places and Postcards 1. Rio Bravo Border Towns 2. Postcards II. Postcard Views 3. Gateways 4. Streets 5. Plazas 6. Attractions 7. Businesses and Landmarks 8. Everyday Life III. Sight into Site 9. View of the Place, Place of the View Appendix: Postcard Writings Notes Bibliography Index

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Beyond the fact that the im--ages document scenes from more than a half-century ago, Postcards from The Rio Bravo also serves as an inadvertent testimony to a world gone by. - Texas Books in Review


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Daniel D. Arreola is a Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and an Affiliate Faculty with the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University. A past president of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, he is the author of The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality, Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province, and Hispanic Spaces, Latino Places: Community and Cultural Diversity in Contemporary America.

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