North American Border Conflicts: Race, Politics, and Ethics

Content: ContentsForeword Chapter 1 Introduction: Contravening world-views of people competing for boundaries and resourcesAboriginal Harmony Ethos & Restorative JusticeThe Protestant Ethic and New World Conflicts: Protestants, Aboriginals, CatholicsChapter 2 Colonial Intrusion and Border BattlesAboriginals and their pre-Columbian boundariesColonial Encroachment and ConflictThe Acadian Expulsion: The roots of Manifest Destiny, Ethnic Cleansing and Cultural GenocideChanging Spanish-AmericaIntroductionNew Spin's adaptation to the New WorldAdaptations to Colonial intrusionsChapter 3 The Emerging United States and its expansionist mandateManifest Destiny and white Protestant supremacy: Boundary maintenance 1776-1865Indian Removal: United State's experiment with ethnic cleansingIntrusions into CanadaThe new frontier: acquiring Spanish/Mexican territoryPrelude to the U.S. Civil War: Annexation of TexasThe Monroe Doctrine & Imperial Designs: 1865-1917Canadian Challenges during the Monroe Doctrine EraLouis Riel and the Indian/Metis RebellionsTurbulence in Mexico - the road to RevolutionThe reign of Portfirio Diaz - America's favorite despotThe Texas Rangers' Reign of Terror: Prelude to Pancho Villas' U.S. raidPancho Villas' raid on the United StateHarsh Treatment of the Villista PrisonersPolicing American Indians: Boundary Maintenance through laws and forceIntroductionIndian Police and Policing Indian Country: Military versus civilian jurisdictionsChapter 4 North America and the Neocolonial conflicts of the 20th centuryIntroductionUSA and its "Indian Problem:" Changing boundaries and identitiesAllotment: Dismantling Indian CountryReorganizationTermination/RelocationIndian Self-Determination and the New Federalism for Indian CountryExtending the Monroe Doctrine in the 20th Century: Hemispheric Exploitation and Cold War FearsJustice Issues: the role of de facto discriminationCanada comes of age and the perils of Quebec Separation Influence of French leaders in CanadaQuebec Separatism & the "Quiet Revolution"Mexico in the 20th century: Growth, Corruption, & U/S. InterventionImplementing the new Constitution of 1917 -with interference form the USARevolutionary changes finally enactedUSA's Cold War interventionsOppression and change: transitioning to GlobalizationChapter 5` From NAFTA to the 21st CenturyIntroductionBorder Perspective since 0/11/01Impact of the militarization of the U.S. bordersBorder Security's impact on North American IndiansStatus of Canada's Indigenous PeoplesPost 9/11 border requirements & their impact on border tribes Mexico's daunting role as a filter for drugs and human traffickingCentral America and Cold WarMexican War on DrugsChronology of Major EventsMaps/graphsEndnotesIndex