Segment from Border Crossings

Being in the Borderlands

The hosts consider the significance of the U.S.-Mexico border for different generations of Americans, and especially those living on the ground in the borderlands.

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

Being in the Borderlands

The hosts consider the significance of the U.S.-Mexico border for different generations of Americans, and especially those living on the ground in the borderlands.

00:03:02