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ABOUT ME

My name is Carlos Parra and I am a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and I am fascinated by the history and peoples of the U.S.-Mexican border region. I study U.S., Latino, and Mexican history, focusing on identity and cultural formation. As a former teacher and as someone deeply interested in public history, I share my passion for education and the past along with my love of photography as a way of broadening our understanding of the Mexican-U.S. borderlands.
CONTACT: cparra@usc.edu

Publications

Parra, Carlos. "Lessons in Americanization: Educational Attainment and Internal Colonialism in Albuquerque Public Schools, 1879-1942." New Mexico Historical Review, Vol. 91 (Spring 2016): 163-200.
 
Parra, Carlos. "Valientes Nogalenses: The 1918 Battle Between the U.S. and Mexico That Transformed Ambos Nogales." Journal of Arizona History, Vol. 51 (Spring 2010): 1-32. 
I hate to see a fence anywhere. I hope there won't be a fence here too long.
- U.S. First Lady Patty Nixon,
​Friendship Park, San Diego, CA, USA
August 18, 1971
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  • Nomadic Border
    • Echoes from the Borderlands >
      • Battle of Ambos Nogales (Part I)
      • Battle of Ambos Nogales (Part II)
      • The Chicano Moratorium 50 Years Later
      • Monumental Border Mistakes: Boundary Monument 127
      • Mexico's Lost Archipelago >
        • Mexico's Claims to the Channel Islands
        • Brown Beret Occupation of Catalina Island
        • Catalina: Borderland at Sea
        • San Clemente Island: A "Voyage into the Heart of Darkness"?
        • San Miguel: Island of Many Kingdoms
    • Border Crossings
    • PHOTO ESSAYS
    • ABOUT ME
    • Terms of Use
  • La Frontera Nomada
    • EXPOSICIONES EN LINEA >
      • La Batalla del 27 de agosto entre los Ambos Nogales (Parte I)
      • La Batalla del 27 de agosto entre los Ambos Nogales (Parte 2)
      • El Archipielago Mexicano Perdido >
        • El Reclamo Mexicano Sobre el Archipiélago del Norte en California
    • FOTO GALERIAS
    • ACERCA DE MI
    • Condiciones de Uso