Mexico and Mexicans in the Making of the United States

Collection of essays about the history of influence of Mexican and Hispanic economic, political, and cultural interactions have affected the development of the United States throughout its history. Index starts on page 315.
Date: 2013
Creator: Tutino, John
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Uncivil Wars: Elena Garro, Octavio Paz, and the Battle for Cultural Memory

This book discusses Mexican authors and political activists Elena Garro and Octavio Paz and their effects on Mexican cultural memory and ethnic identity through their writings and activities.
Date: 2013
Creator: Cypess, Sandra Messinger
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexico's 2012 Elections (open access)

Mexico's 2012 Elections

This report provides an overview of the parties and candidates competing in the Mexican federal elections, with a focus on the presidential contest, followed by a discussion of key issues in the campaign that could have implications for U.S.-Mexican relations.
Date: May 23, 2012
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico's 2012 Elections (open access)

Mexico's 2012 Elections

This report provides an overview of the parties and candidates competing in the Mexican federal elections, with a focus on the presidential contest, followed by a discussion of key issues in the campaign that could have implications for U.S.-Mexican relations.
Date: June 20, 2012
Creator: Ribando Seelke, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wild Tongues: Transnational Mexican Popular Culture

A book studying transnational Mexican popular culture and Chicana experience. Index starts on page 207.
Date: 2013
Creator: Urquijo-Ruiz, Rita E.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report covers the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and U.S.-Mexico drug trafficking. It also looks at migration, environmental issues, legislation in the 111th Congress, and the relationship between the Obama Administration and Mexico.
Date: July 3, 2008
Creator: Cook, Colleen W. & Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress

This report explores the relationship between the United States and Mexico in terms of trade, drug trafficking, and cooperative disease control and management. Specifically, the report discusses the Mérida Initiative, the trade dispute involving the implementation of NAFTA trucking provisions, Secretary of State Clinton's March 2009 visit to Mexico, and the April 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 "swine flu" virus.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Cook, Colleen W.; Rush, Rebecca G. & Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas International Law Journal, Volume 46, Number 2, Spring 2011 (open access)

Texas International Law Journal, Volume 46, Number 2, Spring 2011

Journal containing "academic articles, essays, and student notes in the areas of public and private international law, international legal theory, the law of international organizations, comparative and foreign law, and domestic laws with significant international implications" (p. ii). This issue covers Texas-Mexico Border Wall, status in modern China, Israel/Palestine separation barrier, South Africa culture of barbed wire, affirmative action in higher education, Nubian sandstone aquifer system, and choice of law and Islamic finance.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: University of Texas at Austin. School of Law.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History