{"pk":3434,"title":"Hyper-Border. The Contemporary U.S.-Mexico Border and Its Future By Fernando Romero/LAR","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Hyper-Border. The Contemporary U.S.-Mexico Border and Its Future is Fernando Romero/LAR's (his architectural firm) attempt to show the complexity of U.S.-Mexico relations in 300 black, white, and magenta pages. This nicely designed book is divided into two main sections. The first contextualizes the U.5.-Mexico border region by presenting basic statistics on both nations and comparing their border with other borders around the world. The second is a compendium of.the major issues pertaining to U.S.-Mexico relations: Security; Narcotraffic and Corruption; the Informal Sector; Migration; Education; Economic Development and Trade; Transportation; Energy; Health; Environment; and Urbanization. The second half also features 38 imaginary scenarios of what the relationship between these two countries might look like in the near future.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Book Reviews","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9p3852f4","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Oscar","middle_name":"","last_name":"Sosa","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2012-06-01T21:01:30Z","date_accepted":"2012-06-01T21:01:30Z","date_published":"2008-06-01T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ucb_crp_bpj/article/3434/galley/2192/download/"}]}