The Mexican Frontier 1821-1846: The American Southwest Under Mexico

Description

Author: Weber, David J.  (1940-2010)

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque, NM)

Pub Date: 1982

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.   No marks, tears.  Lower front cover corner has two bends, outer approx. 3″, inner approx. 3/4″.  Lower rear cover corner has 3 bends, outer approx. 6″, mid approx. 1½”, inner approx. 1/2″.   Smudging to bottom text block.   Edge and corner wear.  I doubt if this has been read.

Notes: The Mexican government had put its northern territories on the back burner by 1821.  Increasing population (through the immigration of Americans and others looking for land, gold, freedom, opportunity) demanded more (resources, protection, freedom)  from the Mexican government, which wasn’t in a position to satisfy those demands.  That population turned to the United States–“Come take this country over.  We need to be part of the United States.”  The battle for Texas was both a low point (the Alamo) and high point (San Jacinto and Texas independence) for the immigrants, and Kearny’s arrival in Santa Fe in 1846 sealed Mexico’s fate.