{"product_id":"9781469689586-caught-in-the-current","title":"Caught in the Current","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMexico's Struggle to Regulate Emigration, 1940–1980\u003cbr\u003eMigration between the United States and Mexico is often compared to the river that runs along the border: a \"flow\" of immigrants, a \"flood\" of documented and undocumented workers, a \"dam\" that has broken. Scholars, journalists, and novelists often tell this story from a south-to-north perspective, emphasizing Mexican migration to the United States, and the American response to the influx of people crossing its borders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCaught in the Current\u003c\/i\u003e, Irvin Ibargüen offers a Mexico-centered history of migration in the mid-twentieth century. Drawing on Mexican periodicals and archival sources, he explores how the Mexican state sought to manage US-bound migration. Ibargüen examines Mexico's efforts to blunt migration's impact on its economy, social order, and reputation, at times even aiming to restrict the flow of migrants. As a transnational history, the book highlights how Mexico's policies to moderate out-migration were contested by both the United States and migrants themselves, dooming them to fail. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eCaught in the Current\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how both countries manipulated the border to impose control over a phenomenon that quickly escaped legal and political boundaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56501256421750,"sku":"9781469689586","price":21.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36201299.jpg?v=1761036191","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781469689586-caught-in-the-current","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}