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A Teacher's Guide to Historical and Contemporary Kumeyaay Culture. A Supplemental Resource for Third and Fourth Grade Teachers. By Geralyn M. Hoffman and Lynn H. Gamble, Ph.D. (
The guide was coordinated closely with San Diego Unified School District and members of the Kumeyaay community.
It includes color illustrations and photographs, maps, a list of references, and suggestions for teaching and activities). 2006. US$8.00. Shipping US$3.00.
The
Tijuana River Watershed Atlas. (This bilingual atlas is the result
of the collaboration of many organizations and individuals from the United
States and Mexico, especially from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte and San
Diego State University). 2005. US$50.00. Shipping US$7.50.
Imperial-Mexicali
Valleys: Development and Environment of the U.S.-Mexican Border Region.
Edited by K. Collins, P. Ganster, C. Mason, E. Sánchez López, and M. Quintero-Núñez.
(30 essays from regional scholars were selected that discuss these central
themes and provide an understanding of the regional dynamics). 2004. Pp. 462. US$12.50.
Shipping US$3.00.
Tecate
Baja California: Realities and Challenges in a Mexican Border Community.
Edited by Paul Ganster et al. (This book is a bilingual publication of 19
essays describing current trends and challenges in Tecate, Baja California).
Pp. 576. US$18.00. Shipping $3.00.
The
U.S-Mexican Border Environment: U.S.-Mexican Border Communities in the NAFTA
Era. Edited by Norris C. Clement. (This volume is the fourth in
the SCERP Monograph Series). Pp. 110. US$10.00. Shipping $3.00.
The
U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: Economy and Environment for a Sustainable
Border Region: Now and in 2020. Edited by Paul Ganster. (This volume
is the third in the SCERP Monograph Series and the outcome of Border Institute
II). 2002. Pp. 258. US$10.00. Shipping $3.00.
A Description of Distant Roads: Original Journals of the First Expedition
into California, 1769-1770 by Juan Crespí. Edited
and Translated by Alan K. Brown. San Diego State University Press,
2001. ISBN 1-879691-64-7. Pp. ca 890. $60.00. Shipping $8.00. See Flyer for more details.
Cooperation,
Environment, and Sustainability in Border Regions. Edited by Paul
Ganster. 2001. Pp. 432 $12.50 ($19.50 CAN./$115 MEX.). Shipping $3.00. See
Recent Publications for more details.
San Diego-Tijuana International Border Area Planning
Atlas/ Atlas de Planeación del Área Fronteriza Internacional Tijuana-San Diego.
Edited by Paul Ganster and Richard Wright. (A bilingual/binational atlas
containing 15 color maps, each with thematic essays, and 35 black-and-white
photos of the San diego-Tijuana border region.) 2000. Pp. 64 (14 1/2 x 26
1/2 inches) $44.50. Shipping $7.50.Click
here to view Atlas.
Tijuana 1964: A Photographic and Historic View.
Photographs by Harry Crosby. Essay by Paul Ganster, David Piñera Ramírez,
and Antonio Padilla Corona. (A bilingual catalog of 42 black-and-white photographs
and an interpretive essay with two maps of Tijuana provides a view of Tijuana
in 1964.) 2000. Pp. 58. (12" x 12"). $18.50. Shipping $7.50.
Tipai
Ethnographic Notes: A Baja California Indian Community at Mid-Century.
By William D. Hohenthal, Jr.; Edited by Thomas C. Blackburn; with contributions
by Margaret Langdon, David Kronenfeld, and Lynn Thomas. Produced as a cooperative
publication of Ballena Press and the Institute for the Regional Studies of
the Californias. (This book provides a richly detailed ethnography, native
toponyms, kin terms, ancient enmities, and traditional material culture of
work that has been obscured for over 50 years. It is useful both as a primary
source and a compendium of information on the Tiapi/Diegueño communities
of Northern Baja California. An accompanying map circa 1950 aids the reader
in locating the ethnography in a historical and geographical setting.) 2001.
Pp. 378. $27.50 paper. Shipping $3.00.
- BORDERLINK
2000. The Alamar River Corridor: An Urban River Park Oasis in Tijuana, Baja
California, Mexico. Edited by Suzanne Michel (The report
endeavors to increase public awareness and understanding of the Alamar River,
its natural resources, and the importance of stream restoration for Tijuana's
development, the quality of life of its residents, conservation of its water
resources, and preservation of natural habitat.) 2000. Pp. 50. Shipping $3.00.
- Borders and Border Regions in Europe and North America.
Edited by Paul Ganster, Alan Sweedler, James Scott, and Wolf Dieter-Eberwein.
(A collection of essays on issues affecting the political, economic, social,
and cultural significance of international borders.) 1997. Pp. 376. $15.00
($18.75 CAN./$115.00 MEX.). Shipping $3.00.
- Resource Guide for Child Care and Family Planning
Services in the Maquiladora Industry. By Paul Ganster and
Dana Hamson. (Published in English and Spanish, this guide provides an introduction
to the important subjects of child care and family planning in Mexico's border
cities and describes the efforts of the maquiladoras in these areas.) 1995.
Pp. 40. $7.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Energy and Environment in the California-Baja California
Border Region. Edited by Alan Sweedler, Paul Ganster, and
Patricia Bennett. (Experts from the United States and Mexico analyze in detail
the energy sector and its impact on the environment.) 1995. Pp. 192. $20.00.
Shipping $3.00.
- Directory of Spatial Datasets to Support Environmental
Research along the United States-Mexico Border. By Christopher
Brown and Richard D. Wright. (An inventory of U.S. and Mexican agencies along
the Baja California-California segment of the border.) 1995. Pp. 116. $5.00.
Shipping $3.00.
- Borderlink 1994. Economic Profile of the San Diego-Tijuana
Region: Characteristics for Investment and Governance Decisions.
Edited by James Gerber. (Research on San Diego-Tijuana regional development
issues conducted by teams of SDSU and UABC graduate and undergraduate students.)
1994. Pp. 84. $10.00. Shipping $3.00.
- San Diego-Tijuana in Transition: A Regional Analysis.
Edited by Norris C. Clement and Eduardo Zepeda Miramontes. (Proceedings of
the Second Annual Symposium: San Diego-Tijuana in Transition, Tijuana. The
first-ever collaborative study of the San Diego-Tijuana region carried out
by leading U.S. and Mexican experts from SDSU and COLEF.) 1993. Pp. 130. $15.00.
Shipping $3.00.
- Identifying Priorities for a Geographic Information
System (GIS) for the Tijuana River Watershed: Applications for Land Use, Planning
and Education. Edited by Richard Wright, Kathryn Ries, and
Alain Winckell. (Proceedings of a workshop held November 1994 in San Diego).
1995. Pp. 94. $7.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Geographic Information Systems for Mexico-United
States Border Environmental Research and Management. Edited
by Richard D. Wright, George Hepner, and Christopher Brown. (Proceedings of
a second workshop of U.S. and Mexican GIS and database experts, San Diego.)
1994. Pp. 32. $5.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Integrating Higher Education in North America:
From Wingspread to San Diego. Edited by Norris C. Clement
and Glen Sparrow. 1998. Pp. 56.
- A United States-Mexico Border Environmental Geographic
Information System. Edited by Richard D. Wright, George
Hepner, and Clifton G. Metzner. (Proceedings of a workshop of U.S. and Mexican
GIS and database experts, San Diego.) 1993. Pp. 44. $5.00. Shipping $3.00.
- The Mexican-U.S. Border Region and the Free Trade Agreement.
Edited by Paul Ganster and Eugenio O. Valenciano. (Proceedings of the workshop
on the Mexico-United States Free Trade Agreement and Its Impact on the Border
Region, Tijuana.) 1992. Pp. 118. $10.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Encuentro Internacional de Literatura de la Frontera/Borderlands
Literature/Towards an Integrated Perspective. Edited by
Harry Polkinhorn and José Manuel Di-Bella. (Proceedings of the Third Borderlands
Literature conference, Calexico.) 1990. Pp. 338. $10.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Literatura de Frontera México/Estados Unidos. Mexican/American
Border Writing. Edited by José Manuel Di-Bella, Sergio Gómez
Montero, and Harry Polkinhorn. (Proceedings of the First Conference of Writers
from the Californias, Mexicali.) 1987. Pp. 212. $10.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Literatura de las Fronteras. Border Literature.
Edited by José Manuel Di-Bella, Paul Ganster, Sergio Gómez Montero, Harry
Polkinhorn, and Gabriel Trujillo M. (Proceedings of the Second Border Literature
Conference, Tijuana.) 1989. Pp. 504. $10.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Otay Mesa: Its Potential for Industrial Development.
(Summary of a conference held October 24, 1985, cosponsored by the IRSC and
the County of San Diego Department of Planning and Land Use.) 1985. Pp. 49.
$10.00. Shipping $3.00.
- El Acuerdo de Libre Comercio México-Estados Unidos
y repercusiones en la frontera. By Eugenio O. Valenciano
with the collaboration of Paul Ganster. (Analysis of impacts of free trade
on the border region. Co-published with the Instituto para la Integración
de América Latina.) 1991. Pp. 50. $8.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Baja California 1901-1905. Considerations and Data
for Its Demographic History. Edited by David Piñera and
Jor Jorge Martínez Zepeda. (Important information on the early social and
demographic history of Baja California and Alta California. Co-published with
the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México.) 1994. Pp. 334. $15.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Border Literature/Literatura Fronteriza.
Edited by Harry Polkinhorn. (Seminar proceedings with prose, narrative, and
criticism of border literature.) 1987. Pp. 80. $5.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Doomed to Fail. Gaspar de Portolá's First California
Appointees. By Harry W. Crosby. (Based on documentary research,
analysis of men appointed to administer Baja California missions after expulsion
of Jesuits in 1767.) 1989. Pp. 36. $5.00. Shipping $3.00.
- El Norte: The U.S.-Mexican Border in Contemporary
Cinema. By David R. Maciel. (Analysis of how the U.S.-Mexican
border has been portrayed in Hollywood and Mexican cinema.) 1990. Pp. 95.
$9.50. Shipping $3.00.
- The Unionization of the Maquiladora Industry: The
Tamaulipan Case in National Context. By Edward J. Williams
and John T. Passé-Smith. (Analyzes reasons for lack of effective unionization
in the maquiladora industry, particularly in the state of Tamaulipas.) 1992.
Pp. 134. $9.50. Shipping $3.00.
- American and English Influence on the Early Development
of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. By David Piñera. (The
story of the emergence of the city of Ensenada in the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries.) 1995. Pp. 162. $12.50. Shipping $3.00.
- Impacts
and Undocumented Persons: The Quest for Usable Data in San Diego County 1974-1986.
By Joseph Nalven. (Discussions of problems of enumerating undocumented persons
and their impacts in San Diego County.) 1986. Pp. 92. $10.00. Shipping $3.00.
- The
Maquiladora Program in Trinational Perspective: Mexico, Japan, and the United
States. Edited by Paul Ganster. (Historical overview,
global context, and experiences by investors in the maquiladora industry.)
1987. Pp. 130. $10.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Location
Decisions Regarding Maquiladora/In-Bond Plants Operating in Baja California,
Mexico. By Norris C. Clement and Stephen R. Jenner.
(Study based on surveys and in-depth interviews regarding location decisions
for maquiladoras in Baja California.) 1987. Pp. 128. $20.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Water
Quality Issues of the California-Baja California Border Region.
Edited by Clifton G. Metzner, Jr. (Analysis by Mexican and U.S. government
officials and researchers of regional transboundary water quality issues.)
1989. Pp. 84. $10.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Water
Quality Issues of the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region.
By Clifton G. Metzner, Jr. (Report and summary of the Second Water Quality
Workshop held in San Diego in May 1989 to examine water quality issues in
the San Diego-Tijuana region.) 1989. Pp. 18. $3.00. Shipping $3.00.
- Environmental
Issues of the Mexican-U.S. Border Region. By Clifton
G. Metzner, Jr. (Summary and Recommendations of Workshop, San Diego, March
26-27, 1992.) 1992. Pp. 17.
BorderLink Projects
For more information go to Activities and Events
- The Wine and Tourist Industries of Baja California. 1993
- Economic Profile of the San Diego-Tijuana Region. By Dr. James Gerber. 1994
- Border Waste Wi$e: Análisis del Manejo de los Desechos Sólidos Reciclables en la Región San Diego-Tijuana. Edited by Dr. Hugo Murillo. 1996
- The Tijuana River Basin: Basic Environmental and Socioeconomic Data. Edited by Fernando Wakida and Karen Riveles. 1997
- The Alamar River Corridor: An Urban River Park
Oasis in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Edited by Dr.
Suzanne Michel. 2000
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Last update Jan 5, 2007
The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: A Road Map to
a Sustainable 2020. Edited by Paul Ganster. (prepared for
the Border Institute I as part of the SCERP
Monograph Series.) 2000. Pp. 168. US$10.00. Shipping $3.00. Click
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