We met there last year and it was a perfect venue for us with sights, sounds, tastes, and museums of the Southwest. Papers wanted on how Mexico figured in the sectional rivalry during the antebellum period. The rise of Manifest Destiny as a national ideology in the late Jacksonian Period Opponents of the annexation of Texas and of the Mexican American War. Recent Documentary Efforts by PBS on the Mexican American War.
Papers treating any aspect of the topic are welcome.