Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Contravening Worldviews of People Competing for Boundaries and Resources; Aboriginal Harmony Ethos and Restorative Justice; The Protestant Ethic and New World Conflicts: Protestants, Aboriginals, Catholics; 2 Colonial Intrusion and Border Battles; Aboriginals and Their Pre-Columbian Boundaries; Colonial Encroachment and Conflict; The Acadian Expulsion: The Roots of Manifest Destiny, Ethnic Cleansing, and Cultural Genocide; Changing Spanish America; Introduction; New Spain's Adaptations to the New World |
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Adaptations to Colonial Intrusions3 The Emerging United States and Its Expansionist Mandate; Manifest Destiny and White Protestant Supremacy: Boundary Maintenance 1776-1865; Indian Removal: The U.S. Experiment with Ethnic Cleansing; Intrusions into Canada; The New Frontier: Acquiring Spanish/Mexican Territory; The Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819; The Empresario Land Grants; The Mexican Constitution and the Slavery Issue; The Emerging Texas Republic; Slavery and the Texas Constitution; Prelude to the U.S. Civil War: Annexation of Texas; Polk's War and a Divided Nation; The Unresolved Slavery Issue |
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The Road to Political Disorganization Following the Mexican War: Whigs Exit, Republicans EmergeThe Ostend Manifesto and Gadsden Purchase; The Monroe Doctrine and Imperial Designs: 1865-1917; Canadian Challenges during the Monroe Doctrine Era; The Fenian Challenge; Dominion of Canada; Louis Riel and the Indian/Métis Rebellions; Turbulence in Mexico: The Road to Revolution; The Reign of Porfirio Díaz: America's Favorite Despot; The Porfiriato Setting the Stage for the Mexican Revolution; Seeds of Mexican Discontent; The Texas Rangers's Reign of Terror: Prelude to Pancho Villa's U.S. Raid |
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Pancho Villa's Raid on the United StatesHarsh Treatment of the Villista Prisoners; Policing American Indians: Boundary Maintenance through Laws and Force; Introduction; U.S. Army and the Indian Wars of 1865-1891; Indian Police and Policing Indian Country: Military versus Civilian Jurisdictions; 4 North America and the Neocolonial Conflicts of the 20th Century; Introduction; The United States and Its "Indian Problem": Changing Boundaries and Identities; Allotment: Dismantling Indian Country; Reorganization; Termination/Relocation |
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Indian Self-Determination and the New Federalism for Indian CountryIndian Religious Freedom; New Federalism and Indian Child Welfare; Extending the Monroe Doctrine in the 20th Century: Hemispheric Exploitation and Cold War Fears; Justice Issues: The Role of De Facto Discrimination; Canada Comes of Age and the Perils of Quebec Separatism; Influence of French Leaders in Canada; Quebec Separatism and the "Quiet Revolution"; Mexico in the 20th Century: Growth, Corruption, and U.S. Interventions; Implementing the New Constitution of 1917 with Interference from the United States |
Summary |
"North American Border Conflicts : Race, Politics, and Ethics adds to the current discussion on class, race, ethnic, and sectarian divides, not only within the United States but throughout the Americas in general. The book explores the phenomenon of border challenges throughout the world, particularly the current increase in population migration in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, which has been linked to human trafficking and many other causes of human suffering. North American Border Conflicts takes students through the rich, sad history of border conflict on this continent"--Publisher description |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed on February 27, 2017) |
Subject |
Social conflict -- North America
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Political ethics -- North America
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Imperialism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Emigration and immigration
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Ethnic relations
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Imperialism
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Political ethics
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Politics and government
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Race relations
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Social conflict
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SUBJECT |
North America -- Race relations
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North America -- Ethnic relations
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North America -- Emigration and immigration
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North America -- Politics and government
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Subject |
North America
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Manzanárez, Magdaleno, author.
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ISBN |
9781351709873 |
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1351709879 |
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9781351998512 |
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135199851X |
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