Running the border gauntlet : the Mexican migrant controversy /
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| Author / Creator: | French, Laurence, 1941- |
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| Imprint: | Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010. |
| Description: | xv, 176 p. : maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8057739 |
Table of Contents:
- Praface
- Part I. Historical Antecedents of U.S./Mexico Geopolitics
- 1. Introduction: Religion, Race, and Imperialism
- The Religion Factor
- Protestantism and Capitalism
- Anti-Catholicism Movement in the New Republic
- Strains of Racism and U. S. Expansionism
- Historical Antecedents of Manifest Destiny
- Jim Crow America
- Congressional Apology for Slavery
- 2. Myths and Realities of the Annexation of Texas and the War with Mexico
- Texas-Myths and Reality
- The Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819
- The Empresario Land Grants
- The Mexican Constitution and the Slavery Issue
- The Emerging Texas Republic
- Slavery and the Texas Constitution
- Prelude to the U. S. Civil War: Texas Annexation and the War with Mexico
- Polk's War and a Divided Nation
- The Unresolved Slavery Issue
- The Road to Political Disorganization following the Mexican War
- Whigs Exit-Republicans Emerge
- Franklin Pierce-New England Advocate for Slavery and Imperialism
- The Ostend Manifesto and Gadsden Purchase
- 3. The History of Border Conflicts and Their Impact on Migration Trends and Policies
- The Texas Rangers
- The Texas Rangers during the Republic Era
- The Texas Rangers following Statehood: A Sordid History Continues
- The Porfiriato: Setting the Stage for the Mexican Revolution
- The United States' Favorite Despot
- Geopolitics and the Mexican Revolution
- Seeds of Mexican Discontent
- Border Disruption: From Roosevelt's Corollary to the Wilsonism Critique
- The Plan de San Diego: A Failed Attempt to Regain the Homeland
- The Texas Rangers' Reign of Terror
- Villa's 1916 Raid on Columbus, New Mexico, and the Punitive Expedition
- Harsh Treatment of the Villista Prisoners
- From Unilateral Police Action to Diplomatic Border Politics
- Part II. Mexican Migration and Social Issues from 1917 to Present
- 4. Labor and Migration Issues: 1917-64
- Mexicans and Early Immigration Laws
- The Bracero Program
- Bracero Revised, Emerging Mexican American Organizations, and Operation Wetback
- 5. Post-Bracero Migration Trends and Issues
- The "Other Whites" Emergence Socially and Politically
- The Pro-Democracy Massacre in Mexico City
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the New Mexico Land Grant Controversy
- The Court of Private Land Claims Legislation (1891 Act)
- Land Grant Issues in New Mexico Today
- Overview
- Industrialization and Internationalization of the Borderlands-Maquiladoras, WTO, and NAFTA
- Maquiladoras-The Industrialization of the Borderland
- NAFTA-Mexico's Transformation to Capitalism
- 6. Social and Human Justice Issues
- Immigration Issues since NAFTA: Laws and Trends
- The Politicalization of Mexican Immigration to the United States
- Vigilantes and the Manifestation of Hate for Mexican Migrants
- Fencing the Border and Creating "Death Corridors"
- Borderland Perils
- The "War on Drugs", RICO, and the Death Penalty Issue
- Borderland Violence-Collateral Damage: Bystanders and Maquilador Workers
- Epilogue
- Chronology of Major Events
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
