The U.S.-Mexican War: A Binational Reader

Drawing on a rich, interdisciplinary collection of U.S. and Mexican sources, this volume explores the conflict that redrew the boundaries of the North American continent in the nineteenth century. Among the many period texts included here are letters from U.S. and Mexican soldiers, governmental proclamations, songs, caricatures, poetry, and newspaper articles. An Introduction, a chronology, maps, and suggestions for further reading are also included.

• Mexico: The Essentials
• Mexico's Once and Future Revolution: Social Upheaval and the Challenge of Rule since the Late Nineteenth Century
• The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)
• Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
• The Conquest of New Spain (Penguin Classics)
• Women in Mexico: A Past Unveiled (Latin America Series)
• The Mexican Revolution: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
• A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico
• So Far From God: The U. S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848