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Saudi Arabia and Tucson, Arizona are both surrounded by desert and rely on groundwater. Both places also suffer from similar types of water shortage problems. The average water usage, in gallons per person per day, in Tucson is 160. In contrast, in Saudi Arabia this figure is 26…

This dissertation examines contemporary changes in relations and forms of urban governance by focusing on neighborhood associations in Tucson and analyzing their practices and experiences in the midst of an emerging trend that values collective action and direct democracy. This …

Two contrasting visions of Spain and its colonial legacy in Sonora (and Arizona) existed in Tucson’s newspapers at the end of the nineteenth century. One vision, resent in the town’s English-language newspapers, portrayed Latin American territories once under the control of Spai…