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Author Arreola, Daniel D. (Daniel David), 1950-

Title Postcards from the Río Bravo border : picturing the place, placing the picture, 1900s-1950s / by Daniel D. Arreola
Edition First edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013

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Contents Places and Postcards -- Río Bravo Border Towns -- Postcards -- Postcard Views -- Gateways -- Streets -- Plazas -- Attractions -- Businesses and Landmarks -- Everyday Life -- Sight into Site -- View of the Place, Place of the View -- Appendix : Postcard Writings
Summary Making use of an extensive archive of photo postcards, this historical geography traces the transformation of Mexican border towns into modern cities and destinations for American tourists in the twentieth century
Notes "Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cities and towns -- Mexico, North -- History -- 20th century
Urbanization -- Mexico, North -- History -- 20th century
Postcards -- Mexico, North -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Cities and towns
Postcards
Urbanization
SUBJECT Mexico, North -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) -- History -- 20th century
Reynosa (Tamaulipas, Mexico) -- History -- 20th century
Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) -- History -- 20th century
Piedras Negras (Mexico) -- History -- 20th century
Ciudad Acuña (Mexico) -- History -- 20th century
Subject Mexico -- Ciudad Acuña
Mexico -- Matamoros (Tamaulipas)
North Mexico
Mexico -- Nuevo Laredo
Mexico -- Piedras Negras
Mexico -- Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Genre/Form History
Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
Author William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, issuing body.
ISBN 9780292752818
0292752814