Borderless borders : U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the politics of interdependence / edited by Frank Bonilla ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: Changing the Americas from Within the United States / Frank Bonilla. 1. Dependence or Interdependence: Issues and Policy Choices Facing Latin Americans and Latinos / Rebecca Morales -- Pt. I. Global Interdependence. 2. Interdependence, Inequality, and Identity: Linking Latinos and Latin Americans / Manuel Pastor, Jr. 3. Trading Places: U.S. Latinos and Trade Liberalization in the Americas / Manuel Pastor, Jr. and Carol Wise. 4. The Transnationalization of Immigration Policy / Saskia Sassen -- Pt. II. The Reconfigured United States. 5. The Burden of Interdependence: Demographic, Economic, and Social Prospects for Latinos in the Reconfigured U.S. Economy / Jorge Chapa. 6. From Estrangement to Affinity: Dilemmas of Identity Among Hispanic Children / Patricia Fernandez-Kelly. 7. The Economic Development of El Barrio / Edwin Melendez -- Pt. III. The Politics and Identity of Diaspora.

8. 1995-Terreno Peligroso/Danger Zone: Cultural Relations Between Chicanos and Mexicans at the End of the Century / Guillermo Gomez-Pena. 9. Visions of Dominicanness in the United States / Silvio Torres-Saillant. 10. The Legacy of Conquest and Discovery: Meditations on Ethnicity, Race, and American Politics / Gerald Torres. 11. Transnational Political and Cultural Identities: Crossing Theoretical Borders / Maria de los Angeles Torres -- Pt. IV. Reaching for the Civil Society on a Global Scale. 12. Popular Movements and Economic Globalization / Jeremy Brecher. 13. The New Synthesis of Latin American and Latino Studies / Pedro Caban. 14. Rethinking Latino/Latin American Interdependence: New Knowing, New Practice / Frank Bonilla -- About the Illustrations / Bibiana Suarez.