Daniel D Arreola: 4 books
Postcards from the Sonora Border
Visualizing Place Through a Popular Lens, 1900s–1950s
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Young men ride horses on a dusty main road through town. Cars and gas stations gradually intrude on the land, and, years later, curiosity shops and cantinas change the face of Mexican border towns south of Arizona. Between 1900 and the late 1950s, Mexican border towns came of age both as centers of...
Postcards from the Río Bravo Border
Picturing the Place, Placing the Picture, 1900s–1950s
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Between 1900 and the late 1950s, Mexican border towns came of age both as tourist destinations and as emerging cities. Commercial photographers produced thousands of images of their streets, plazas, historic architecture, and tourist attractions, which were reproduced as photo postcards. Daniel Arreola...
Tejano South Texas
A Mexican American Cultural Province
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
On the plains between the San Antonio River and the Rio Grande lies the heartland of what is perhaps the largest ethnic region in the United States, Tejano South Texas. In this cultural geography, Daniel Arreola charts the many ways in which Texans of Mexican ancestry have established a cultural province...
On the Border
Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of...