War and peace on the Rio Grande frontier, 1830-1880 /

Draws on national archives, letters, consular records, periodicals and other sources to create a sweeping narrative of the history of the Rio Grande borderlands between 1830-1880 and the complex relations of violent conflict, cooperation and economic and social advancement.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	González Quiroga, Miguel A. (Author)
Corporate Author:	William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies (sponsoring body.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
Series:	New directions in Tejano history ; volume 1.
Subjects:	Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > History > 19th century. Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > Economic conditions > 19th century. Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century. Mexico > Relations > Texas. Texas > Relations > Mexico.

Table of Contents:

Attraction and rejection : the beginning of a pattern, 1830-1836
Conflict and cooperation, 1837-1848
The permeable border, 1849-1860
Commercial and religious expansion, 1849-1860
The U.S. Civil War and its impact on the Rio Grande, 1861-1867
Cooperation in times of war, 1861-1867
A most violent decade, 1868-1880
Between hate and harmony, 1868-1880
Pacification and economic integration, 1868-1880
Afterword.