Did the border become more rigid, or did the "creative clusters" he identifies become more essential for survival? #Hist416

Does his methodology find evidence of resistance to that erasure? #Hist416

Is it hard for locals to live their regular life and not be distracted by a wall? #Hist416

I find it interesting Serman finds geography as an actor. #Hist416

The physical landscape influenced economical development #Hist416

The Line Becomes A River- Dispatches From The Boarder by Francisco shows the emotional side of Francisco's job as a boarder patrol agent. How he questioned and reflected about his job, he had doubts about this role. #Hist416

Mexico had conflict because of the Civil War not just America. #Hist416

The government records of people escaping to Mexico are much more accounted than diaries. That is interesting to me because I wonder how many more stories we would know if so. #Hist416

Many people also looked south for freedom and not just north. #Hist416

Why is the story of the Southern route to freedom so much less famous than the Northern route? #Hist416