Hispanic America, Texas, and the Mexican War

Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier

• Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781620645093
• Year: 2012

Hispanic America, Texas, and the Mexican War examines the history of the southwestern area of the United States. Topics covered include the settlement of the area that became the southwestern portion of the United States, detailing how it evolved from land settled by Native Americans, to Spanish territory, to states that were pawns between the North and South prior to the Civil War.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter I: The Coming of the Europeans to the Southwest
• Chapter II: The Creation of the Southwest Hispanic Culture
• Chapter III: Manifest Destiny
• Chapter IV: The War With Mexico
• Chapter V: California, Here I Come
• Chapter VI: California Compromise
• Bibliography
• About the Authors
• The Drama of American History Series