This is the first book-length study of Tijuana in English in over a decade. It is an in-depth history which theorizes a symbiotic frontieróa frontier of mutually advantageous interdependence between two different socioeconomic and cultural urban centers: San Diego and Tijuana. It surveys Tijuana's history from prehistoric times to the present as a series of sequential and interrelated frontiers. The author offers a sociocultural history, not just a political survey, studying Tijuana not in isolation but within its geographic, social, and cultural contexts. Individual chapters cover the geographic and historical backgrounds, Indians, missions, religions, ranching, filibustering, migration, tourism, industry, smuggling, and interdependency between San Diego and Tijuana. It includes an appendix detailing sources for studying Tijuana and an extensive bibliography, plus photographs, maps, and charts.
Author(s): T.D. Proffitt, III.
Edition: 1
Publisher: San Diego State University Press ;; Distributed by arrangement with University Pub. Associates,
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: xv, 411 p. :
City: San Diego, Calif. :; Lanham, MD :
Tags: History, Tijuana, Border, Urban History
List of Figures
List of Photograohs
List of Tables
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Baja California and Tijuana: The Setting
2. The Indian Frontier
3. The Mission Frontier
4. Religious Pluralism
5. The Ranching Frontier
6. Schemers and Dreamers: The Filibuster Frontier
7. Magnet for Migrants: The Demographic Sponge
8. "The World's Most Visited City": The Tourist Frontier
9. Breakfast for a Dime: Commerce and Industry on the Border
10. Coyotes y Chiveros: The Smuggling Frontier
11. The Symbiotic Frontier
12. Conclusions
Appendix Sources for Studying Tijuana
Bibliography
Index
