Early relations ; Texas and the Mexican War
The unfinished mission
American compliments, 1848-1853
Mexican grievances, 1848-1853 : the Indian problem
Mexican grievances, 1848-1853 : filibuster raids
The boundary dispute
The negotiation of the Gadsden Treaty
The struggle for ratification
Filibusters and frontier difficulties, 1854-1860
Growing importance of the question of claims
The shadow of Europe
The Mexican policy of Buchanan's administration
Mexican projects of the Confederates
Seward and French intervention
The dawn of a new era
Border irritations, 1868-1877
The crisis of 1877-1879
Pacific penetration
The challenge of American preponderance
Wilson's Mexican policy
"Mexico on the verge"
Conclusion.