Postcards from the Río Bravo Border

Postcards from the Río Bravo Border
Author :
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Total Pages : 352
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780292752818
ISBN-13 : 0292752814
Rating : 4/5 (814 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Postcards from the Río Bravo Border by : Daniel D. Arreola

Download or read book Postcards from the Río Bravo Border written by Daniel D. Arreola and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history in postcards of Mexican tourist towns in the first half of the twentieth century, with nearly two hundred illustrations. Between 1900 and the late 1950s, Mexican border towns came of age both as tourist destinations—in some cases by luring Americans who wanted to escape Prohibition—and as emerging cities. Commercial photographers produced thousands of images of their streets, plazas, historic architecture, and tourist attractions, which were reproduced as photo postcards. Daniel Arreola has amassed one of the largest collections of these border town postcards, and in this book he uses this amazing visual archive to offer a new way of understanding how the border towns grew and transformed themselves in the first half of the twentieth century, as well as how they were pictured to attract American tourists. Postcards from the Río Bravo Border presents nearly two hundred images of five towns on the lower Río Bravo: Matamoros, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, and Villa Acuña. Using multiple images of sites within each city, Arreola tracks changes both within the cities as places and in the ways in which they’ve been pictured for tourist consumption. He also shows how postcard images, when systematically and chronologically arranged, can tell us a great deal about how Mexican border towns have been viewed over time. This innovative visual approach demonstrates that historical imagery, no less than text or maps, can be assembled to tell a fascinating geographical story. “This is masterful cultural geography with rich visual materials, delivered in a unique and compelling fashion.” —Journal of Latin American Geography


Postcards from the Río Bravo Border Related Books

Postcards from the Río Bravo Border
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Daniel D. Arreola
Categories: Antiques & Collectibles
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-01 - Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A history in postcards of Mexican tourist towns in the first half of the twentieth century, with nearly two hundred illustrations. Between 1900 and the late 195
Postcards from the Río Bravo Border
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Daniel D. Arreola
Categories: Antiques & Collectibles
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A history in postcards of Mexican tourist towns in the first half of the twentieth century, with nearly two hundred illustrations. Between 1900 and the late 195
Postcards from the Sonora Border
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Daniel D. Arreola
Categories: Antiques & Collectibles
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-21 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Postcards from the Sonora Border: Visualizing Place through a Popular Lens, 1900s-1950s examines the urban landscapes of Mexican border cities through picture
Postcards from the Chihuahua Border
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: Daniel D. Arreola
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-29 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Just a trolley ride from El Paso, Ciudad Juárez was a popular destination in the early 1900s. Enticing and exciting, tourists descended on this and other Mexic
Postcards from the Baja California Border
Language: en
Pages: 393
Authors: Daniel D. Arreola
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-05 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Postcards have a magical pull. They allow us to see the past through charming relics that allow us to travel back in time. Daniel D. Arreola’s Postcards from