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| What is Borderlands History? | |
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| Essays | |
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| A Comparative Approach to Borderlands | |
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| From Borderlands to Borders | |
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| Telling North American Border Histories | |
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| Early Borderlands: The Southwest | |
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| Documents | |
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| Gin�s de Herrera Horta Testifies on Spanish Treatment of Pueblo Indians, 1601 | |
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| Pedro Naranjo (Keresan Pueblo) Explains the Pueblo Revolt, 1681 | |
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| Bishop Benito Crespo Is Confounded by New Mexico, 1730 | |
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| Father Francisco Casanas de Jes�s Maria on How to Win the Allegiance of the Caddo Indians, 1691 | |
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| Philbert Ory Urges Louisiana to Open Trade with Spaniards in Natchitoches, 1730 | |
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| Captain Pierre Marie Francois de Pag�s Reports on Texas, 1767 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Indians and Africans Collaborate in Colonial New Mexico | |
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| Captivity, Gender, and Social Control in the Texas-Louisiana Borderlands | |
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| Middle Grounds, Borderlands, and Frontiers | |
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| Documents | |
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| John Smith on the Powhatan Confederacy, 1624 | |
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| Chief Powhatan Addresses John Smith, 1609 | |
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| Father Jean de Br�beuf Instructs Jesuit Missionaries, 1637 | |
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| Mary Jemison Looks Back on Her Capture by and Life Among Indians, 1824 | |
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| The South Carolina Government Passes an Act for the Capture of Runaway Slaves, 1700 | |
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| William Stephens Assesses the Prospects of Slavery in Georgia, 1742 | |
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| Pierre LeMoyne d�Iberville Addresses Chickasaw and Choctaw Leaders, 1702 | |
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| Governor Etienne de P�rier Considers the Use of Black Slave Troops against Indians, 1730 | |
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| Governor Etienne de P�rier Appraises French-English-Chickasaw Relations, 1730 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Indian-English Frontiers of Cooperation and Conquest | |
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| French Louisiana in the Native Ground | |
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| Borderlands, Cultural Exchanges, and New Native Societies | |
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| Documents | |
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| Maneo, All-Father Creator, Warns the Cheyennes about Life with Horses | |
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| Saukamappee (Cree) Recalls the Arrival of Horses, Guns, and Smallpox to the Northern Plains, 1787 | |
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| Marqu�s de Rub� Recommends the Extermination of the Apaches, 1768 | |
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| Charles McKenzie Describes the Horse and Gun Trade on the Northern Plains, 1805 | |
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| Rudolph Friedrich Kurz on Gifts, Intermarriage, and the Fur Trade | |
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| Francis Chardon Records Relations between Fur Traders and Native Women and a Smallpox Epidemic in the Upper Missouri River, 1836-1839 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Intermarriage, Borderlands, and Power | |
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| Ecological Change and Indigenous Imperialism in the Southwest Borderlands | |
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| Borderlands in Change: The View From Above | |
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| Documents | |
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| Theodore de Croix Compares California to Texas, Coahuila, and New Mexico, 1781 | |
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| Governor Alejandro O�Reilly Evaluates Lousiana�s Position in Spain�s Colonial Economy, 1769 | |
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| Bernardo de G�lvez Outlines How to Achieve �Peace by Deceit,� 1786 | |
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| Pontiac Urges Ottawas, Potawatomis, and Hurons to Rise Up Against the English, 1763 | |
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| Governor William Tryon Assesses the Potential of North Carolina Backcountry, 1765 | |
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| George Washington Denounces the Royal Proclamation Line, 1767 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Anglo-America and Its Borderlands | |
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| New Spain and Its Borderlands | |
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| Borderlands in Change: The View From Below | |
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| Documents | |
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| Athanese M�zi�res Courts and Coerces Wichita Chiefs, 1770 | |
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| John Sibley and a Comanche Chief Try to Impress One Another, 1807 | |
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| Fernando de la Concha Laments the Corrupting Influence of Indians in the New Mexico Borderlands, 1794 | |
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| Pedro Bautista Pino Assesses the Condition of New Mexico, 1812 | |
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| Joseph Holt Ingraham Observes Indians and Slaves in Natchez, 1835 | |
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| The Dohasan Calendar, 1832-1892 | |
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| The First Census of Los Angeles, 1781 | |
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| Essays | |
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| The Frontier Exchange Economy of the Lower Mississippi Valley | |
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| Surviving Mission Life in Alta California | |
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| The Mexican North | |
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| Documents | |
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| Jos� Mar�a S�nchez Criticizes Tejanos and Anglo-American Immigrants in Texas, 1828 | |
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| Tejano Leaders Give Their Opinion of Anglo-American Immigrants, 1832 | |
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| Donaciano Vigil Grieves the Changing Relationships among New Mexicans, Anglo-Americans, and Indians, 1846 | |
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| Albino Chac�n Describes Navajo Raiding and Mounting Discontent in New Mexico, 1837 | |
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| New Mexico�s Chimay� Rebels Denounce Mexico City�s Plan for National Reform, 1837 | |
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| Manuel Armijo Reports on the Suppression of the Chimay� Rebellion, 1837 | |
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| Juan Bandini Envisions an International Future for California, 1830 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Markets, Persuasion, and Identity in the Southwest Borderlands | |
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| Sex, Marriage, and Power in Mexican California | |
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| Anglo-American Takeover of the Southwest Borderlands | |
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| Documents | |
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| Texan Rebels Declare Independence, 1836 | |
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| Stephen Austin�s Map of Empresario Land Grants in Texas, 1835 | |
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| Rufus Sage Condemns the Inhabitants of New Mexico, 1846 | |
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| Thomas Catesby Jones Announces United States Takeover of California, 1842 | |
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| Abraham Lincoln Condemns the War with Mexico, 1848 | |
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| The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848 | |
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| Antonio Mar�a Pico and Others Criticize California�s Land Policy, 1859 | |
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| Essays | |
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| How Stephen F. Austin Became a Rebel | |
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| How Indians Shaped the Era of U.S.-Mexican War | |
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| Negotiating National Borders | |
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| Documents | |
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| Escaped Slave Describes Appeal of Canada, 1847 | |
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| Frederick Law Olmsted on Slaves Escaping to Mexico, 1857 | |
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| Mexican Government Complains of Laborers Flight to the United States, 1873 | |
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| U.S. Government Seeks Release from Treaty Obligation to Control Indian Raids into Mexico, 1851 | |
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| Sitting Bull Crosses into Canada to Elude U.S. Authorities, 1877 | |
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| General Crook Describes Difficulty of Capturing Geronimo, 1883 | |
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| Juan Cortina Condemns Anglo-Americans for Land Theft, 1859 | |
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| Declaration of the People of Rupert�s Land and the North-West | |
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| Essays | |
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| Slavery and the Texas-Mexico Border, 1810-1860 | |
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| The Border, the Buffalo, and the M�tis of Montana | |
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| Passages into the Sonora-Arizona Borderlands | |
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| Pacific Ties | |
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| Documents | |
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| The United States Government Passes Chinese Exclusion, 1882 | |
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| Sonora Legislature Bans Mexican-Chinese Marriage, 1923 | |
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| British Columbia Labor Leader Warns of Dangers of Chinese Migration, 1907 | |
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| Journalist Julian Ralph Describes Human Smuggling in the Pacific Northwest, 1891 | |
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| Clifford Perkins Describes Work as �Chinese Inspector� in Arizona, 1978 | |
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| Frederick Remington Depicts Suffering of Chinese Migrant, 1891 | |
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| Cartoonish Points to Chinese Use of Canadian and Mexican Borders to Enter the United States, 1880 | |
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| Essays | |
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| The Limits of Early U.S. Border Enforcement | |
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| The Impact of Exclusion on the Chinese in America | |
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| The Mexican Revolution | |
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| Documents | |
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| Samuel Bryan Analyzes Increases in Mexican Immigration, 1912 | |
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| Flores de Andrade Recalls Her Revolutionary Activity as an Immigrant in El Paso, Texas, 1911 | |
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| Mexican Migrant Describes Working Life in the United States, 1927 | |
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| South Texas Rebels Issue Manifesto �The Plan of San Diego,� 1915 | |
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| President Woodrow Wilson Sends U.S. Army into Mexico, 1916 | |
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| Sherriff Justifies Deporting Striking Miners from Arizona Town, 1917 | |
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| U.S. Congress Imposes Restrictions on Migration, 1917 | |
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| Mexican Migrants Protest Gasoline Baths, 1917 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Mexico�s Northern Border and the Coming of the Revolution | |
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| The Mexican Revolution and the Birth of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement | |
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| Vice | |
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| Documents | |
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| El Paso Reporter Recalls Lure of Ju�rez in 1920s, 1968 | |
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| American Journalist Satirizes American Tourists in Ju�rez, 1925 | |
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| Columnist C.D. Smith Lampoons American Tourists in Search of Drink in Canada, 1925 | |
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| Ballad Praises Liquor Smugglers, 1920s | |
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| �Contrabando y traici�n� Marks Popularity of Narcocorrido, 1972 | |
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| Writer Tom Miller Describes Smuggling Electronics into Mexico to Avoid Duties, 1981 | |
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| Former Smuggler Don Henry Ford, Jr. Describes Why Border Community Drawn to Smuggling Marijuana, 2005 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Canadians, Americans, and the Multiple Meanings of Border during Prohibition | |
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| U.S. Prohibition and the Drug Trade in Mexico | |
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| Migration, Race, and Border Enforcement | |
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| Documents | |
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| U.S. Congressman John Box Warns of the Dangers of Mexican Migration, 1928 | |
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| Border Patrol Agent Clifford Perkins Recalls Early Challenges of the Organization, 1978 | |
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| Philip Stevenson Describes the Deportation of Jes�s Pallares, 1936 | |
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| Report Examines Migrant Labor in South Texas, 1951 | |
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| Bracero and Migrant Manuel Padilla Remembers Working Life in Borderlands, 1974 | |
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| President Lyndon Johnson Signs New Immigration Law, 1965 | |
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| Leslie Marmon Silko Condemns Border Enforcement from a Native American Perspective, 1994 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Deportation Policy and the Making and Unmaking of Illegal Aliens | |
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| The Crimes and Consequences of Illegal Immigration: A Cross-Border Examination of Operation Wetback, 1943 to 1954 | |
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| Economic Integration and Mass Migration, 1994-Present | |
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| Documents | |
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| U.S. President Bill Clinton Praises Free Trade Agreement, 1993 | |
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| Environmental Groups Warn of Damage from NAFTA, 1993 | |
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| Mexican President Defends Migrants, 2000 | |
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| Minuteman Defense Corps Calls for Volunteer Border Enforcement, 2005 | |
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| Reporter Questions Television Anchor�s Anti-Immigration Crusade, 2007 | |
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| Tribal Government Condemns Border Wall, 2008 | |
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| Author Describes Death of Migrants in Arizona Desert, 2004 | |
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| Journalist Reports on Killing of Women Maquiladora Workers in Ju�rez, 1997 | |
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| Newspaper Describes Increasing Violence of Drug Trade, 2010 | |
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| Essays | |
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| Canada-U.S. Relations and the Impermeable Border Post 9/11: The Co-Management of North America | |
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| The Stranger or the Prodigal Son? | |
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