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100	1		_aWinders, Richard Bruce
245	1	0	_aCrisis in the Southwest : _bthe United States, Mexico, and the Struggle over Texas _c/ Richard Bruce Winders
260			_aLanham, Md _b: SR Books _c, 2004
300			_a172 p. _b: illus. _c; 22 cm
520			_aThe war between the United States and Mexico was decades in the making. Although Texas was an independent republic from 1836 to 1845, Texans retained an affiliation with the United States that virtually assured annexation at some point. Mexico's reluctance to give up Texas put it on a collision course with the United States. The Mexican War receives scant treatment in books. Most historians approach the conflict as if it were a mere prelude to the Civil War. The Mexican cession of 1848, however, rivaled the Louisiana Purchase in importance for the sheer amount of territory acquired by the US.
546			_aEnglish
651		4	_aTexas _x-History _y-to 1846
651		4	_aMexico _x-Relations _z-United States
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