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001 2012049334
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020 $a9780691152158 (hardback)
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050 00 $aJV6565$b.S53 2013
082 00 $a363.28/509721$223
084 $aSOC026000$aSOC026020$aSOC007000$aPOL000000$aHIS036130$2bisacsh
100 1 $aShapira, Harel,$d1979-
245 10 $aWaiting for José :$bthe Minutemen's pursuit of America /$cHarel Shapira.
264 1 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $axxiii, 176 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"They live in the suburbs of Tennessee and Indiana. They fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. They speak about an older, better America, an America that once was, and is no more. And for the past decade, they have come to the U.S. / Mexico border to hunt for illegal immigrants. Who are the Minutemen? Patriots? Racists? Vigilantes? Harel Shapira lived with the Minutemen and patrolled the border with them, seeking neither to condemn nor praise them, but to understand who they are and what they do. Challenging simplistic depictions of these men as right-wing fanatics with loose triggers, Shapira discovers a group of men who long for community and embrace the principles of civic engagement. Yet these desires and convictions have led them to a troubling place. Shapira takes you to that place--a stretch of desert in southern Arizona, where he reveals that what draws these men to the border is not simply racism or anti-immigrant sentiments, but a chance to relive a sense of meaning and purpose rooted in an older life of soldiering. They come to the border not only in search of illegal immigrants, but of lost identities and experiences"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index.
505 8 $aIntroduction: All Quiet on the Southern Front -- American Dreams -- Camp Vigilance -- Gordon and His Guns -- Scenes from the Border -- Encounters -- Conclusion: Belonging in America.
650 0 $aBorder security$zMexican-American Border Region.
610 20 $aMinutemen (Organization)
650 0 $aIllegal aliens$zUnited States.
650 0 $aBorder patrols$zUnited States.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)$2bisacsh.