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AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), 241 alcohol: age of legal consumption, 22; and informality, 18, 81, 102, 136, 143, 242, 253, 294n17; problems with, 74, 232, 249 amnesty, 127, 137, 175 Anderson, Joan, 146–147 Anglos: attitudes of, 109, 135–137, 217, 293n57; and child prostitution , 55–56; cross-border shopping , 199, 211, 217, 219; definition of, 278n13; health insurance, 198– 199; and informality, 122; and racism , 256–263; in the Rio Grande Valley, 1, 3, 6, 8–9, 13–16 Austin, Texas, 3, 39, 81, 223, 264–266 auto theft, 74–75, 136–137, 161–164, 249, 283n2 barmaid, 54, 65 Batos, Bolillos, Pochos and Pelados, x, 12–13, 280n4, 283n36, 284n17, 291n23, 292n44, 300n25 bigotry, 39, 262–264 bolillos. See Anglos border: arbitrage, 5, 18–22, 26, 49, 90, 93, 102–103, 139–167, 271; crossing , for native U.S. citizens, 62; and divided loyalties, 6, 261; impact of on underground activiIndex ties, 31, 51–53, 56–57, 74–77; influences of on informality, 30–32, 35, 45, 266–269; and Mexican Revolution , 15–16; militarization and policing of, 16–17; relation of to informality , 22, 35–36; stereotype as violent, 16–17, 71–73; wall, 6, 16, 21, 39 borderlander: South Texas/Northern Mexico, x, 2, 6, 265, 266, 270; transnational, 141, 146 borderlands: African, 146; economy, 146, 165; float zone, 295n38; geographical , ix, x, 5, 38, 257, 266; and informality, 147; South Texas, 5, 19, 20, 21, 30, 33, 39, 40, 47, 52, 66, 72, 88, 89, 90, 92, 95, 97, 108, 174, 185, 224, 225, 254–255, 264, 266, 267–269; South Texas-Northern Mexico, 4, 7–12, 30, 139–140; Texas, 31, 201; Texas-Mexico, 77; U.S., 115; U.S.-Mexico, 32, 141 Borderlife Project: archive, x; description , ix–x, 277nn1,3; methodology , x, 12–14, 173, 279nn25–26 Border Patrol (la migra): apprehension , 34, 80, 131; corruption within, 67; diversion of, 66, 69–70; inland checkpoints, 63–64; search, 228–229; threat of, 94, 112, 129, 131, 230 Richardson-final.indb 325 Richardson-final.indb 325 8/7/12 10:30:47 PM 8/7/12 10:30:47 PM 326 Index bribery: attitudes of, 136; of Mexican officials, 42–43, 46, 139, 143–145, 157–158, 166, 269, 296n53; of U.S. officials, 67 Brownsville, Texas, 3–4, 6–8, 38–39, 71, 162, 201, 222 Bush, George W., 72, 135 California Proposition 187, 72, 133 Carranza, Venustino, 15–16 cartoneros (cardboard collectors), 148, 286n13 cascarones, 19–20, 37, 96–97 cattle rustling, 3–6, 263 CDs, 145. See also DVDs child prostitution in Mexico, 22, 55– 56, 280n5 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 16, 78, 147, 207 Civil War, history of in the Rio Grande Valley, 3–6, 278n10 cock fighting, 48–49, 51, 54, 57–64, 179–180, 267 coethnics, 95, 147 cognitive dissonance theory, 71 colonias: advantages and disadvantages of, 171–173, 180–182; as blight, 185–193; counting problems, 172– 173; crime in, 189–191; definition of, 172; education needs and desires , 192–193, 298n30; as a failure of formal housing systems, 41, 174–175; as free-market capitalism, 184–185; and further research, 297n11; and gangs, 120, 189–190, 297n11; health problems in, 185– 188, 191–192; history of, 169–173, 183–184; and informality, 39, 41, 104, 168–196, 255; infrastructure problems, 171–172, 186–188; lack of zoning in, 169, 267; as magnet for informality, 175–176, 178– 180; in Mexico, 176–177; negative stigma of, 193; official responses to, 182–184; paradox of, 30; poor building code enforcement in, 170–171; push or pull, 178; reasons for, 173–176; self-employment in, 173, 297n9; as a shared social/ cultural space, 171, 176, 180; social capital in, 172, 176, 189, 194, 297n11; and structural bias, 39, 255; and underground activities 75–76, 179–180; water problems, 185–188 construction workers, undocumented , 131 consumer informality survey, 106, 226, 254 consumption informality, 37, 94, 105– 107, 108, 267, 289n53 contract-for-deed, 169–170 corruption, 64, 67, 144, 167. See also bribery Cortina, Juan N., 2–7, 14, 260, 262–264 Cortina Wars, 3–4 coyotes (human smugglers), 49, 52–53, 59, 61, 106, 234, 268, 283n3 crime rates on border, 71–75, 134, 260, 265, 284n20 Cross, John, 25, 62, 65, 66, 77, 131– 132, 281n17 cross-border: attitudes of deviance, 137; crime, 13; documents, 138, 141, 148–150, 152–161; differences, 21, 32, 45; entrepreneurs and traders , 33, 35, 118, 139–140, 145...

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