U. S. - Mexico Borderlands : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

by Martinez, Oscar J.

• ISBN13: 9780842024471
• ISBN10: 0842024476
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-03-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The U.S.-Mexican borderlands form the region where the United States and Latin America have interacted with the greatest intensity. In U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, Oscar Martinez has brought together both scholarly essays and primary documents that address the protracted conflict rooted in the vast difference in power between Mexico and its northern neighbor. Each of the seven parts of this new reader explores a key issue in borderlands studies and contains several essays followed by documents such as treaties, government reports, newspaper articles, and interviews.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Richard Griswold del Castillo, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo	p. 2
Angela Moyano Pahissa, The Mesilla Treaty, or Gadsden Purchase	p. 10
Texas Declaration of Independence	p. 13
Treaty of Velasco	p. 17
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo	p. 20
Gadsden Treaty	p. 38
Oscar J. Martinez, Filibustering and Racism in the Borderlands	p. 46
Joseph F. Park, The Apaches in Mexican-American Relations, 1848-1861	p. 50
Comision Pesquisadora de la Frontera del Norte, Report to the President	p. 58
U.S. Congress, Special House Committee, Texas Frontier Troubles	p. 66
Juan Nepomucena Cortina, Proclamation	p. 74
Congressional Investigative Board, El Paso Troubles in Texas	p. 78
Miguel Tinker Salas, Sonora: The Making of a Border Society, 1880-1910	p. 86
C. Perales, Why the Border Needs the Free Zone	p. 98
Matias Romero, Why the Free Zone Should Not Exist	p. 101
Jose Vasconcelos, A Mexican Schoolboy's Experiences in Eagle Pass, Texas	p. 103
Mardee Belding de Wetter, Revolutionary El Paso, 1910-11	p. 108
Linda B. Hall and Don M. Coerver, The Arizona-Sonora Border and the Mexican Revolution	p. 116
Senora Flores de Andrade, Conspiring against Porfirio Diaz	p. 134
Plan de San Diego	p. 139
J. T. Canales, A Chicano Lawyer Blasts the Texas Rangers	p. 142
Oscar J. Martinez, Prohibition and Depression in Ciudad Juarez-El Paso	p. 151
Thomas E. Sheridan, La Crisis	p. 162
Selden C. Menefee, Mexican Migratory Workers in South Texas: Crystal City, 1938	p. 170
Lawrence A. Herzog, Border Commuter Workers and Transfrontier Metropolitan Structure along the U.S.-Mexico Border	p. 176
Bill Lenderking, The U.S.-Mexican Border and NAFTA: Problem or Paradigm?	p. 190
Sandy Tolan, La Frontera: Land of Opportunity or Place of Broken Dreams?	p. 203
Michael Quintanilla and Peter Copeland, Mexican Maids: El Paso's Worst-kept Secret	p. 213
Bob Duke, Border Ignored: Congressmen Fight Nationwide Indifference	p. 222
Tom Miller, The Borderblasters	p. 228
Daniel D. Arreola and James R. Curtis, Tourist Landscapes	p. 236
Peter Copeland, Border Ambiente	p. 244
Maria Puente, So Close, Yet So Far: San Diego, Tijuana Bridging Gap	p. 249
Oscar J. Martinez, "La Frontera"	p. 256
Suggested Readings	p. 259
Suggested Films	p. 263
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