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This volume explores a series of issues pertinent to the history of the cross-border region between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize from new explanatory approaches in order to reflect on a history and a reality that are shared by three neighbouring societies, emphasizing the actors and local practices that shape cross-border dynamics.
List of contents
PART 1: Violence, refuge and trade on a porous border
1. Porous borders: The Soconusco between Chiapas and Guatemala, 1824-1882
Armando Méndez Zárate
2. Wars and Trade: The Chiapas-Guatemala cross-border space as a territory for political refuge, 1825-1863
Juan Carlos Sarazúa
3. Guatemalan refuge in Mexico: views on violence and forced displacement in recent history
Marisol Garzón
PART 2: Mexico and Guatemala: managing cross-border problems
4. Border issues and their historical management by local political institutions, 1930-1990
María Dolores Palomo
5. Institutional constraints for cross-border land-use planning in Guatemala and Mexico
Federico Morales Barragán
PART 3: Social and economic dynamics in the Mexico-Belize region
6. Public institutions and border trade in the Mexico-Belize regional space
Carlos Macías Richard
7. Cross-border dynamics in the Mexico-Belize border region: types, characteristics and geographical location
Juan Carlos Arriaga
About the author
Mónica Toussaint has a doctorate in Latin American Studies from UNAM and works as a full-time research professor and instructor in the postgraduate programs of the Instituto Mora. Published works include Diplomacia en tiempos de guerra, México, Instituto Mora/La Jornada/CIALC (UNAM), 2015.
Marisol Garzón has a master’s degree in Modern and Contemporary History from the Instituto Mora and an undergraduate degree in Latin American Studies from UNAM. She has worked as adjunct researcher (by project) and research assistant at the Instituto Mora. Her areas of research are political and social violence in Central America, particularly in El Salvador.
Summary
This volume explores a series of issues pertinent to the history of the cross-border region between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize from new explanatory approaches in order to reflect on a history and a reality that are shared by three neighbouring societies, emphasizing the actors and local practices that shape cross-border dynamics.
