Border Lines

Linguistic Material from the Tribes of Southern Texas and Northeastern Mexico

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Latina Activists Across Borders: Womens Grassroots Organizing in Mexico and Texas

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Through powerful narratives and context, Milagros Pena finds a common and collective voice for Mexican, Mexican American, and Latina women. This work is groundbreaking because it provides a new vista by which to understand and assess the local and the global women’’s movements from a feminist perspective. Pena tells a story that has never been told and tells it very well. –Alberto Lopez Pulido, author of The Sacred World of the Penitentes

Kid Campo of Texas: The Wonderful Adventures of a Texas Patriot and His Travels Through Mexico During the Early Decades of the Nineteenth

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James Knox Polk and a History of His Administration: Embracing the Annexation of Texas, the Difficulties with Mexico, the Settlement of the Oregon Que

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James Knox Polk and a History of His Administration: Embracing the Annexation of Texas, the Difficulties with Mexico, the Settlement of the Oregon Que

James Knox Polk and a History of His Administration: Embracing the Annexation of Texas, the Difficulties with Mexico, the Settlement of the Oregon Que

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James Knox Polk and a History of His Administration: Embracing the Annexation of Texas, the Difficulties with Mexico, the Settlement of the Oregon Que

High and Dry: The Texas-New Mexico Struggle for the Pecos River

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Now available in paperback, High and Dry tells the story of a river in an arid region and the long history of litigation between Texas and New Mexico as they battle over water rights.

Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters

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For 20 years, FISHES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO has been the premier reference for identifying and classifying fish of northern Gulf waters. This revised edition is based on two decades of research and greater attention to deepwater habitats. It now provides accounts of 539 species, with information on 62 species not covered in the first edition. Line art. 547 color photos.

Expedition to the Southwest: An 1845 Reconnaissance of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, & Oklahoma

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Lieutenant James William Abert (1820-97) of the United States Army Topographical Engineers received orders in 1845 to explore the Canadian River region of the southern plains — an area covering present-day Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. Although this land was still in Mexican territory, the United States had gradually abandoned most of the diplomatic niceties regarding its boundaries with Mexico by that time.Abert set out from Bent’s Fort to conduct a detailed reconnaissance. He possessed a great eye for detail, providing in his journal graphic descriptions of the birds, plants, and animals he encountered as well as clear depictions of the countryside. Moreover, Abert observed in great detail the Kiowas and Comanches who often approached his expedition to see if he and his men were the much hated Texans with whom they were at war. His firsthand account of the Kiowas and Comanches contains valuable information not previously available.The 1804 Lewis and Clark expedition marked the beginning of Anglo-American exploration of the American West. Abert’s account of his four-month journey by mule train is invaluable as one of the concluding records of that period.In his introduction John Miller Morris, author of the award-winning El Llano Estacado: Exploration and Imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860, assesses this neglected work and places it with the reports of other adventurers such as Zebulon Pike and Stephen Long.

El Llano Estacado: Exploration and Imagination on the High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, 1536-1860

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Winner of seven awards, El Llano Estacado reveals the historical heart of one of the world’s unique regions–the enormous mesaland of the Southern High Plains in Texas and New Mexico. From the Canadian River in the north to the Edwards Plateau in the south, from the Pecos River in the west to the fantastic canyonlands of the Red, Pease, Brazos, and Colorado Rivers in the east, the fifty thousand square miles of the Llano are chronicled over three centuries with an eye to the history and compelling mystery of this special land. Armchair detectives will especially relish the comprehensive discussion of the lost–now possibly rediscovered–Coronado expedition route across the plains. El Llano Estacado is more than a good read; it is also a native son’s meditation on the role of imagination and myth in how we perceive this unique environment. From the dawn of historic contact with the Southern High Plains, a remarkable series of Spanish, French, Mexican, and Anglo-American explores and adventurers attempted to make sense of its curious environment. Now available in paperback, El Llano Estacado is grand history and geography told in an imaginative, interdisciplinary style. The mysteries and mirages of this great Southwestern landscape are the stuff of adventurers’ quests and now readers’ dreams.

Crisis in the Southwest: The United States, Mexico, and the Struggle Over Texas

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The war between the United States and Mexico was decades in the making. Although Texas was an independent republic from 1836 to 1845, Texans retained an affiliation with the United States that virtually assured annexation at some point. Mexico’s reluctanc

Cowboys and Indians: [Life on the Texas - New Mexico Plains, 1856]

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This is a historical action-fiction novel, written for teenagers and young adults, who are interested in the wild days of yesteryear in west Texas and eastern New Mexico. It takes place just prior to the American Civil War, in the 1850s. It’s a true account of the interactions between the white settlers and the Comanche Indians, with most of the blood and gore removed. Come with me and learn about the greatest warrior of the southwest plains-the Comanche!

Catarino Garza’s Revolution on the Texas-Mexico Border

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This is an original, provocative, and far-reaching book that breaks with the existing conceptualization of fields of study and national historiographical traditions. It not only makes a case for the importance of the Garza revolt itself but also uses the rebellion to reflect upon broad themes, including those of U.S.-Mexican relations; comparative colonialisms; the formation of borders; Latin American liberalism; and race, gender, and class. –William French, author of A Peaceful and Working People: Manners, Morals, and Class Formation in Northern Mexico

Building the Borderlands: A Transnational History of Irrigated Cotton Along the Mexico-Texas Border

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Building The Borderlands

A Texas Pioneer: Early Staging and Overland Freighting Days on the Frontiers of Texas and Mexico

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A Texas Pioneer: Early Staging and Overland Freighting Days on the Frontiers of Texas and Mexico

Catarino Garza’s Revolution on the Texas-Mexico Border

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This is an original, provocative, and far-reaching book that breaks with the existing conceptualization of fields of study and national historiographical traditions. It not only makes a case for the importance of the Garza revolt itself but also uses the rebellion to reflect upon broad themes, including those of U.S.-Mexican relations; comparative colonialisms; the formation of borders; Latin American liberalism; and race, gender, and class. –William French, author of A Peaceful and Working People: Manners, Morals, and Class Formation in Northern Mexico

A Texas Pioneer: Early Staging and Overland Freighting Days on the Frontiers of Texas and Mexico

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world’s literature.

So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico: Middle Eastern Immigrants in Modern Mexico

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Challenging the post-revolutionary definitions of mexicanidad and exposing new aspects of the often contradictory attitudes of Mexicans toward foreigners, So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico should spark timely dialogues regarding race and ethnicity, and the essence of Mexican citizenship.

Texas & Northeastern Mexico, 1630-1690

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Texas & Northeastern Mexico, 1630-1690

Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico

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Today in Texas, over 1500 colonias in the counties along the Mexican border are home to some 400, 000 people. Often lacking basic services, such as electricity, water and sewerage, fire protection, policing, schools, and health care, these irregular subdivisions offer the only low-cost housing available to the mostly Hispanic working poor. This book presents the results of a major study of colonias in three transborder metropolitan areas and uncovers the reasons why colonias are spreading so rapidly. Peter Ward compares Texas colonias with their Mexican counterparts, many of which have developed into fully integrated working-class urban communities. He describes how Mexican governments have worked with colonia residents to make physical improvements and upgrade services–a model that Texas policymakers can learn from, Ward asserts. Finally, he concludes with a hard-hitting checklist of public policy initiatives that need to be considered as colonia housing policy enters its second decade in Texas.

Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico

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Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico