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2 videodiscs (220 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
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English
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"It began as a border dispute, but soon escalated into a 16-month conflict that transformed a continent. The [film] tells the exciting and dramatic story of a war that cost Mexico nearly half its territory -- the present Southwest from Texas to California. This critically acclaimed documentary series, the first to study both sides of the conflict, presents a historical panorama filled with unforgettable characters like Mexican president Antonio Lopez...
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xvii, 590 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A war that started under questionable pretexts. A president who is convinced of his country's might and right. A military and political stalemate with United States troops occupying a foreign land against a stubborn and deadly insurgency. The time is the 1840s, the enemy is Mexico, and the war is one of the least known and most important in both Mexican and United States history--a war that really began much earlier and whose consequences still echo...
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48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the Mexican-American War, discussing American expansion, the fall of Mexico City, the conclusion of the war, and the peace treaty for one of the most controversial wars in history.
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California relations volume no. 33
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x, 165 pages : color illustrations, folded map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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Southwest historical volume 4
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368 pages : illustrations, portraits, folded map. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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