The Phenomenology of Perception and Fear: Security and the Reality of the US-Mexico Border

Journal of Borderlands Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-255

  Correa Cabrera, Guadalupe ^a   Garrett, Terence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 84901769729     PISSN: 08865655     EISSN: 21591229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2014.915700     Document Type: Article

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