The American West: The Borderlands



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Accordion Dreams
A film produced and directed by Hector Galan, narrated by Tish Hinojosa
"The arrival of the European button accordion to Texas and its merging with traditional Mexican songs gave birth to an explosive new sound... ACCORDION DREAMS captures this exhilarating musical style featuring yesterday's and today's squeezebox trailblazers."
Sections include: All About Conjunto ; Pioneers/Innovators and Today ; Cultures of Music and Dance ; Amazing Accordion ; Timeline ; Fun Facts & Terms ; About the Film.
PBS Online

Association of Borderlands Scholars - (dead link)

BIOS - Border Information and Outreach Service - (dead link)
"...provides citizens in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands with information and analysis they can use to make informed decisions, play a role in debates on public policy, and act as instruments for social change."

  • borderlines - (dead link)
    "...a monthly bulletin that provides in-depth, critical analysis of U.S.-Mexico border issues and the cross-border U.S.-Mexico relationship."

Borderlands/Fronteras - (dead link)
Smithsonian online exhibit

Comparing Frontiers
A Working Bibliography
Compiled by Richard W. Slatta, Dept. of History, NC State University

Lower Rio Grande Ecosystem Initiative - (dead link)
"...The primary emphasis of this homepage is biological resources. Flora and fauna are ultimately dependent on many nonbiological aspects of the environment. Thus, many tangential issues (e.g., water conservation, demographics) are included."
Columbia Environmental Research Center, USGS

NAFTA Resources - (dead link)
An excellent collection of links
By Carlos F. Camargo, Dept. of English, UC Berkeley

Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures
"The complete collection will include 68 motion pictures and a selection of sound recordings related to the war; 53 motion pictures are included in this first release. The Spanish-American War was the first U.S. war in which the motion picture camera played a role."
American Memory, Library of Congress

Sources for the Study of the Southwest - (dead link)
Clements Center for Southwestern Studies at Southern Methodist University

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo - (dead link)

The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)
 Two Nations, One Border - The War that Transformed Them Forever.
"Welcome to the online companion resource for the documentary, 'The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848).' ... 'The U.S.-Mexican War' Web Site is a thoughtful study in the way humans access, process, agree and disagree in the search for truth as it chronicles the war through multiple perspectives from both sides of the conflict ... Within this site, you will find a series of conversations with and essays by historians and other experts. We also offer a timeline that illustrates war-related events and a discussion arena where we invite you to share your own viewpoints on the U.S.-Mexican War."
PBS Online

The U.S.-Mexico Border, 1820s-1990s: A Social, Economic and Political History of the Borderlands - (dead link)
An excellent course page
By Carlos F. Camargo, Dept. of English, UC Berkeley

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