The U.S.-Mexican border today: conflict and cooperation in historical perspective

Introduction: defining the region, objectives, and approaches

Distinguishing characteristics and early history: frontier, borderlands, and border region

Booms and busts on the border: economic development, 1880s to 1920s

Life on the border: social change, 1880s to 1930s

Booms and busts on the border: the Great Depression and World War II

Economic trends since 1950: legacies of war and a globalizing economy

The consequences of rapid growth in the border region: social and cultural change since the 1940s

Border issues in U.S.-Mexican relations: boundary, environment, health, and Native Americans

Border issues in U.S.-Mexican relations: drug trafficking, security, migration, NAFTA, and transborder cooperation.