U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

The selections provide an accessible mini-introduction for students and teachers to the compelling evolution of this border in many of its facets.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 I The Making of the BoundaryPart 3 EssaysChapter 4 The Treaty of GuadalupeChapter 5 The Mesilla Treat, or Gadsden PurchasePart 6 DocumentsChapter 7 Texas Declaration of IndependenceChapter 8 Treaty of VelascoChapter 9 Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoChapter 10 Gadsden TreatyPart 11 II Border StrifePart 12 EssaysChapter 13 Filibustering and Racism in the BorderlandsChapter 14 The Apaches in Mexican-American Relations, 1848–1861Part 15 DocumentsChapter 16 Report to the PresidentChapter 17 Texas Frontier TroublesChapter 18 ProclamationChapter 19 El Paso Troubles in TexasPart 20 III The Rise in Transborder InteractionPart 21 EssayChapter 22 Sonora: The Making of a Border Society, 1880–1910Part 23 DocumentsChapter 24 Why the Border Needs the Free ZoneChapter 25 Why the Free Zone Should Not ExistChapter 26 A Mexican Schoolboy's Experiences in Eagle Pass, TexasPart 27 IV The Mexican RevolutionPart 28 EssaysChapter 29 Revolutionary El paso, 1910–11Chapter 30 The Arizona-Sonora Border and the Mexican RevolutionPart 31 DocumentsChapter 32 Conspiring against Porfirio DiazChapter 33 Plan de San DiegoChapter 34 A Chicano Lawyer Blasts the Texas RangersPart 35 V Boom and BustPart 36 EssaysChapter 37 Prohibition and Depression in Ciudad Juarez-El PasoChapter 38 La CrisisPart 39 DocumentChapter 40 Mexican MIgratory Workers in South Texas: Crystal City, 1938Part 41 VI Interdependence: Blessings and CursesPart 42 EssaysChapter 43 Border Commuter Workers and Transfrontier Metropolitan Structure along the U.S.-Mexican BorderChapter 44 The U.S.-Mexican Border and NAFTA: Problem or Paradigm?Part 45 DocumentsChapter 46 La Frontera: Land of Opportunity or Place of Broken Dreams?Chapter 47 Mexican Maids: El Paso's Worst-kept SecretChapter 48 Border Ignored: Congressmen Fight Nationwide IndifferencePart 49 VII A World ApartPart 50 EssaysChapter 51 The BorderblastersChapter 52 Tourist LandscapesPart 53 DocumentsChapter 54 Border AmbienteChapter 55 So Close, Yet So Far: San Diego, Tijuana Bridging GapChapter 56 "La Frontera"Chapter 57 Suggested ReadingsChapter 58 Suggested Films