Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico: Urbanization by Stealth
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Today in Texas, over 1500 colonias in the counties along the Mexican border are home to some 400,000 people. Often lacking basic services, such as electricity, water and sewerage, fire protection, policing, schools, and health care, these "irregular" subdivisions offer the only low-cost housing available to the mostly Hispanic working poor. This book presents the results of a major study of colonias in three transborder metropolitan areas...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292791259
ISBN13:9780292791251
Release Date:March 1999
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:307 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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