Transnational Lives and Family Identities in the Mexico-U.S. Borderlands 1870-1952

Veronica Castillo-Munoz
History
UC Santa Barbara

This project examines the way communities evolved according to the labor needs of American and European mining and land developments in Baja California. Placing Baja California at the center of transpacific and trans-regional migration networks, it examines the economic and cultural interactions among Cucapá Indians, Americans, Europeans, Mexicans, and Asian immigrants between 1870 and 1952. The project also tells the story of men and women’s experiences and struggles with land reform movements in a region dominated by European and U.S. investors, bringing the disciplines of Mexican history, U.S. history, transnational, and borderlands history into close conversation.