North American border conflicts : race, politics, and ethics /: race, politics, and ethics. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Laurence Armand French, Magdaleno Manzanarez.
• Authors: French, Laurence, 1941-; Manzanárez, Magdaleno
• 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 303.6097; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security; Social conflict -- North America; Political ethics -- North America; Imperialism; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; LAW / Forensic Science; North America -- Race relations; North America -- Ethnic relations; North America -- Emigration and immigration; North America -- Politics and government; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351709873; 1351709879; 9781351998512
• Related ISBNs: 135199851X; 9781498780346; 1498780342; 135199851X; 9781315277158; 1315277158
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed on February 27, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.