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The U.S. War with Mexico : a brief history with documents /

Traces the war's origins by examining developments in the United States and Mexico, focusing on the unequal relationship between the two countries in the areas of nation building, economics, and territorial expansion.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chávez, Ernesto, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : Bedford/St. Martins, [2008]
Series:Bedford series in history and culture.
Subjects:
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Sources.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Mexican War (1846-1848)
1846-1848
Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • Part One
  • Introduction: Race, Manifest Destiny, and the U.S. War with Mexico
  • Manifest Destiny
  • Neighboring Republics
  • Indians and Westward Expansion
  • Colonizing Texas
  • Texas's War for Independence
  • The Republic of Texas and U.S.-Mexico Diplomatic Relations
  • Toward War
  • Popular Opinion and the War in the United States
  • Waging the War
  • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
  • Foreigners in Their Native Land
  • Manifest Destiny Exported
  • Conclusion
  • Part Two
  • The Documents
  • Annexation, July-August 1845 / John L. OSullivan
  • Naturalization Act, March 26, 1790 / U.S. Congress
  • Plan de Iguala, February 24, 1821 / Agustin de Iturbide
  • Mexican Constitution, 1924 / Mexican Constitutional Congress
  • Indian Removal Act, May 28, 1830 / U.S. Congress
  • Treaty of San Lorenzo, October 27, 1795 / United States and Kingdom of Spain
  • Louisiana Purchase Treaty, April 30, 1803 / United States and France
  • National Colonization Law, August 18, 1824 / Mexican Government
  • Coahuila-Texas State Colonization Law, March 24, 1825 / Legislature of Coahuila-Texas
  • Letter to War Department, November 29, 1829 / Manuel Mier y Terán
  • Conditions for African Americans in Mexican Texas, 1833 / Benjamin Lundy
  • Texas Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836 / Texan Consultation of Representatives
  • Message to the Inhabitants of Texas, March 7, 1836 / Antonio López de Santa Anna
  • Another Story of the Alamo : The Battle Described by an Alleged Eyewitness, April 1896 / Eulalia Yorba
  • Article Criticizing U.S. Interests in Texas, June 14, 1836 / El Mosquito Mexicano
  • The Admission of Texas, December 22, 1845 / Daniel Webster
  • Diplomatic Dispatches to James Buchanan, January 1846 / John Slidell
  • Dispatches, April 12, 1846 / General Pedro de Ampudia and General Zachary Taylor
  • Dispatch to Adjutant General of the Army, April 26, 1846 / General Zachary Taylor
  • War Message to Congress, May 11, 1846 / President James K. Polk
  • Statement against the Two-Million-Dollar Bill, August 8, 1846 / Hugh White
  • Wilmot Proviso, August 8, 1846 / David Wilmot
  • The War With Mexico, January 21, 1848 / Frederick Douglass
  • Editorial in Support of the War with Mexico, February 20, 1847 / New York Herald
  • War with Mexico, May 11, 1846 / Walt Whitman
  • A Sermon of the Mexican War, June 1846 / Theodore Parker
  • On Civil Disobedience, 1848 / Henry David Thoreau
  • Women's Peace Petition, June 1846 / Women of the Exeter, England, and Philadelphia
  • Comments on Mexican Women, September 1846 / Susan Shelby Magoffin
  • The Virtues of Mexican Women, September 1846 / American Officer
  • Pierre the Partisan : A Tale of the Mexican Marches, 1848 / Henry William Herbert
  • Song of the Volunteers, 1846 / Our Jonathan
  • The Angels of Buena Vista, 1847 / John Greenleaf Whittier
  • The Biglow Papers, 1846 / James Russell Lowell
  • The Mexican Joan of Arc, January 12, 1847 / George Wilkins Kendall
  • My Confession, 1855 / Samuel E. Chamberlain
  • Description of the Battle of Buena Vista, 1850 / Ramón Alcaraz
  • Report to the President of Mexico, September 26, 1846 / Citizens of New Mexico
  • Description of the City of Puebla, June 28, 1847 / Ralph W. Kirkham
  • Letter to Mary Hamilton Pillow, September 28, 1847 / Gideon Johnson Pillow
  • Comment on Interactions between Mexicans and Americans, November 6, 1847 / American Star
  • Observations on the American Occupation of Mexico City, 1850 / Ramón Alcatraz
  • Speech on the War with Mexico, January 4, 1848 / John C. Calhoun
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 1848 / United States and Mexico
  • An Address in Support of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, May 7, 1848 / President Manuel de la Peña y Peña
  • Observations on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, April 17, 1848 / Manuel Crecencio Rejón
  • The Protocol of Querétaro, 1848 / Nathan Clifford
  • California Law Act, March 3, 1851 / U.S. Congress
  • Petition to the Honorable Senate and House Representatives of the United States of America, February 11, 1859 / California Landowners
  • A Foreigner in My Native Land, 1858 / Juan N. Seguin
  • California Hospitality, September 18, 1855 / Francisco Ramírez
  • An Interview with Noted Bandit Tiburcio Vásquez, May 16, 1874 / Los Angeles Star
  • This is Our Manifest Destiny, November 24, 1897 / Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
  • Appendixes
  • A Chronology of Events Related to the U.S.-Mexico war (1789-1897)
  • Questions for consideration.