Segment from Border Crossings

Comanches as Kingmakers

Ed talks with historian Brian DeLay about the two-front war Mexico faced in its 1840s conflict with the United States – fighting both the U.S. Army and Comanches across its northern territory.

The Great Texas “Cart War”

Historian Larry Knight discusses the 1857 “Cart War” between Anglo- and Mexican-Americans in Texas, and the questions it raised about American identity.

00:05:27

Birth of a Trade War

Brian talks with historian Gabriela Soto Laveaga about the Mexican origins of the birth control pill, and the trade dispute with the U.S. it generated.

00:10:09

Comanches as Kingmakers

Ed talks with historian Brian DeLay about the two-front war Mexico faced in its 1840s conflict with the United States – fighting both the U.S. Army and Comanches across its northern territory.

00:11:00