Selected papers from a symposium held at the University of Texas at Arlington, Oct. 25-26, 1996.

The geographic and cartographic legacy of the U.S.-Mexican War /Richard V. Francaviglia -- "But what will England say?" : Great Britain, the United States, and the war with Mexico / Sam W. Haynes -- Causes of the war with the United States / Josefina Zoraida Vázquez -- "Will the regiment stand it?" : the 1st North carolina mutinies at Buena Vista / Richard Bruce Winders -- The war between the United States and Mexico / Miguel A. González Quiroga -- Journalism and the U.S.-Mexican War / Mitchel Roth -- A view of the periphery : regional factors and collaboration during the U.S.-Mexico conflict, 1845-1848 / Douglas W. Richmond -- Young America and the war with Mexico / Robert W. Johannsen.