The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Legacy of Conflict

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University of Oklahoma Press, Sep 1, 1992 - History - 251 pages

Signed in 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war between the United States and Mexico and gave a large portion of Mexico’s northern territories to the United States. The language of the treaty was designed to deal fairly with the people who became residents of the United States by default. However, as Richard Griswold del Castillo points out, articles calling for equality and protection of civil and property rights were either ignored or interpreted to favor those involved in the westward expansion of the United States rather than the Mexicans and Indians living in the conquered territories.

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Contents

Boundaries Relevant to Border
9
Disturnells Map of Mexico 1847
56
La Villa de Guadalupe 1848
133
Brown Berets Occupying Avalon Harbor
143
El Chamizal
162
Conclusion
172
The Original Text of Articles IX and X
179
U S Court Cases Interpreting
200
Notes
203
Bibliography
233
Copyright

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About the author (1992)

Richard Griswold del Castillo was born and raised in Santa Ana California; his father was born in Minneapolis Minnesota and his mother was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He graduated from Santa Ana High school in 1960, went on study at UC Berkeley and the University of Dijon, France before receiving his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from UCLA. In 1992 he was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico City, he was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley in 1994, and he became Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University in 2005.

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