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It's a history that has involved periods of great friendship with
robust trade and loose immigration policies. But the US-Mexican
relationship has also been beset by wars, drug trade, and human
trafficking. And with the latest Trump-induced xenophobia towards
Mexico this book contextualizes how it is the latest swing in the
up-and-down two-hundred-year history between these countries.
THROUGH THESE WALLS also addresses how the broken relationship
between these countries have been repaired in the past and will
provide clarity to the current debate regarding building the wall
and America's posture towards immigrants.
Pedro is very poor. Yes, I can tell by the clothes he wears. I was
mad because somehow the way they were whispering, it sounded like
being poor was something very terrible. Meet six-year-old Pedrito,
who lives on a South Texas farm with his mother, father, and
younger sister. The year is 1941, and except for a trip to the big
city of San Antonio, five hours away, Pedritos life is the farm and
the school he attends in a village a few miles away. Pedritos
father has the papers he needs to work legally in the United
States, but that doesnt stop the Border Patrol from harassing him
and his son. Pedrito speaks only Spanish and is frightened on his
first day of school when he learns that he must speak English.
Luckily his teacher, Miss Garca, is patient with her students, and
soon Pedrito is sharing his new English words with his family.
Pedrito also relates his opinion of outhouses vs. indoor plumbing
and tells of a happy Easter decorating cascarones. ""Pedritos
World"" is a wonderful window on the lives and culture of a Mexican
family living and working in South Texas. Arturo O. Martnez based
""Pedritos World"" on his own South Texas childhood. He lives in
Hoboken, New Jersey.
The idea of writing this book came up one night while having dinner
with Ventura at the Crocodile Cafe in Pasadena. This was really a
joint project, that could have turned into a nightmare without her
support, encouragement, and expertise in personal computers. For
all these things, and for tolerating my sometimes single-minded
attention, I am very grateful to her. I am also very much indebted
to six good friends, Paul Burridge, Mladen Chargin, Gary Dilley,
Carl Hennrich, Hector Jensen and Mark Miller, who read the entire
manuscript of this book and made many useful suggestions. I also
want to thank Burt Alperson for his guidance and advice during the
preparation of this book. Finally, I thank the Department of Civil
Engineering of the University of Southern California for the
support provided during the course of this project, and my students
of all these years for asking tough questions. Contents
Introduction 1 Basic MSC/NASTRAN concepts 2 PARTl Statics Problem 1
7 1. 1 Statement of the problem 7 1. 2 Cards introduced 7 1. 3
MSC/NASTRAN formulation 7 1. 4 Input Data Deck 8 1. 5 Results 11
Problem 2 27 2. 1 Statement of the problem 27 2. 2 Cards introduced
27 2. 3 MSC/NASTRAN formulation 27 2. 4 Input Data Deck 27 2. 5
Results 28 Problem 3 37 3. 1 Statement of the problem 37 3. 2 Cards
introduced 37 3. 3 MSC/NASTRAN formulation 37 3. 4 Input Data Deck
37 3.
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