{"product_id":"caught-in-the-current-irvin-ibargen-9781469689586","title":"Caught in the Current: Mexico's Struggle to Regulate Emigration, 1940-1980","description":"Migration between the United States and Mexico is often compared to the river that runs along the border: a \"flow\" of immigrants, a \"flood\" of documented and undocumented workers, a \"dam\" that has broken. Scholars, journalists, and novelists often tell this story from a south-to-north perspective, emphasizing Mexican migration to the United States, and the American response to the influx of people crossing its borders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCaught in the Current\u003c\/i\u003e, Irvin Ibarg?en offers a Mexico-centered history of migration in the mid-twentieth century. Drawing on Mexican periodicals and archival sources, he explores how the Mexican state sought to manage US-bound migration. Ibarg?en examines Mexico's efforts to blunt migration's impact on its economy, social order, and reputation, at times even aiming to restrict the flow of migrants. As a transnational history, the book highlights how Mexico's policies to moderate out-migration were contested by both the United States and migrants themselves, dooming them to fail. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eCaught in the Current\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how both countries manipulated the border to impose control over a phenomenon that quickly escaped legal and political boundaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Irvin Ibarg?en\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469689588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469689586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d","brand":"Irvin Ibarg?en","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46807223369983,"sku":"9781469689586","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38da1711-1e1b-40be-a0f1-95284b27b600.jpg?v=1745378871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caught-in-the-current-irvin-ibargen-9781469689586","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}