Chapter 11: "The Borderlands: Effects of Integration," Wendy P. Dodds and Virgil R. Mabalay

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  25. Ibid.
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  31. Ibid.
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  33. "NAFTA's Broken Promises," 7.
  34. Ibid., 6.
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