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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	HV4045.5.T4 W37 1999		AVAILABLE

Author	Ward, Peter M., 1951-
Title	Colonias and public policy in Texas and Mexico : urbanization by stealth / Peter M. Ward.
Edition	First edition.
OCLC	39322611
ISBN	0292791240
Publisher	Austin : University of Texas Press, [1999]
	�1999
Description	xviii, 287 pages : illustrations maps ; 23 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Urban poor -- Texas.
	Slums -- Texas.
	Urban poor -- Mexican-American Border Region.
	Slums -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
Contents	Introduction to the border region and to the case study cities -- Land and housing production in the colonias of Texas and Mexico -- Servicing no man's land : ambivalence versus commitment in the Texas-Mexico colonias -- Settlements or communities? Social organization and participation in the colonias -- Social services to colonias : shifting the focus toward means rather than ends -- Conclusion--Texas colonias and the next policy wave.

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