Changing National Identities at the Frontier: Texas and New Mexico, 1800-1850 Book

This book to an interesting approach to the aquisition of Texas and New Mexico into the United States, opting to look at it from a Mexican perspective than from the traditional US perspective. Generally, I thought that the points the book made were interesting and thought provoking - however I found it hard to read. Without a substantial background of the area I got lost in the names and stories of people of whom I had never heard and although the chapters were well categorized in themes, I had a hard time following the over-arching point of each section. If you are truly interested in this area and time period and have had substantial learning in it previously, I definitely recommend this book. However, if not, then I suggest maybe picking something else up first.