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Category : New Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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History of New Mexico
Author: A Brief History of New Mexico
Author: Myra Ellen JenkinsPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826303707
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Detailed information on every aspect of New Mexico's past.
New Mexico
Author: Joseph P. SánchezPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806151137
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Since the earliest days of Spanish exploration and settlement, New Mexico has been known for lying off the beaten track. But this new history reminds readers that the world has been beating paths to New Mexico for hundreds of years, via the Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail, several railroads, Route 66, the interstate highway system, and now the Internet. This first complete history of New Mexico in more than thirty years begins with the prehistoric cultures of the earliest inhabitants. The authors then trace the state’s growth from the arrival of Spanish explorers and colonizers in the sixteenth century to the centennial of statehood in 2012. Most historians have made the territory’s admission to the Union in 1912 as the starting point for the state’s modernization. As this book shows, however, the transformation from frontier province to modern state began with World War II. The technological advancements of the Atomic Era, spawned during wartime, propelled New Mexico to the forefront of scientific research and pointed it toward the twenty-first century. The authors discuss the state’s historical and cultural geography, the economics of mining and ranching, irrigation’s crucial role in agriculture, and the impact of Native political activism and tribe-owned gambling casinos. New Mexico: A History will be a vital source for anyone seeking to understand the complex interactions of the indigenous inhabitants, Spanish settlers, immigrants, and their descendants who have created New Mexico and who shape its future.
A History of New Mexico
Author: Susan A. RobertsPublisher:
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Category : New Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A textbook tracing the history of New Mexico's land and people from the Ice Age to the present.
History of New Mexico
Author: Helen HainesPublisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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The Leading Facts of New Mexican History, Vol. II (Hardcover)
Author: Ralph Emerson TwitchellPublisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865345856
Category : New Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Historians have long admired Ralph Emerson Twitchell's "The Leading Facts of New Mexican History," considered the first major history of the state. Put succinctly by former State Historian Robert J. Tórrez, Twitchell's work (of which this is one of the first two volumes Sunstone Press is reprinting in its Southwest Heritage Series) has "become the standard by which all subsequent books on New Mexico history are measured." As Twitchell wrote in the preface of his first volume, his goal in writing "The Leading Facts" was to respond to the "pressing need" for a history of New Mexico with a commitment to "accuracy of statement, simplicity of style, and impartiality of treatment." Ralph Emerson Twitchell was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on November 29, 1859. Arriving in New Mexico when he was twenty-three, he immediately became involved in political and civic activities. In 1885 he helped organize a new territorial militia in Santa Fe and saw active duty in western New Mexico. Later appointed judge advocate of the Territorial Militia, he attained the rank of colonel, a title he was proud to use for the rest of his life. By 1893 he was elected the mayor of Santa Fe and, thereafter, district attorney of Santa Fe County. Twitchell probably promoted New Mexico as much as any single New Mexican of his generation. An avid supporter of New Mexico statehood, he argued the territory's case for elevated political status, celebrated its final victory in 1912, and even designed New Mexico's first state flag in 1915. Just as Twitchell's first edition in 1912 helped celebrate New Mexico's entry into statehood in 1912, the newest edition of the text and illustrations serves as a tribute to the state's centennial celebration of 2012. In the apt words of an editorial in the "Santa Fe New Mexican" at the time of Twitchell's death in 1925: "As press agent for the best things of New Mexico, her traditions, history, beauty, glamour, scenery, archaeology, and material resources, he was indefatigable and efficient."
Telling New Mexico
Author: Marta WeiglePublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0890135797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
This extensive volume presents New Mexico history from its prehistoric beginnings to the present in essays and articles by fifty prominent historians and scholars representing various disciplines including history, anthropology, Native American studies, and Chicano studies. Contributors include Rick Hendricks, John L. Kessell, Peter Iverson, Rina Swentzell, Sylvia Rodriguez, William deBuys, Robert J. Tórrez, Malcolm Ebright, Herman Agoyo, and Paula Gunn Allen, among many others.
A History of New Mexico
Author: Charles Florus CoanPublisher:
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Category : New Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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A History of New Mexico
Author: Susan A. RobertsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780826317926
Category : New Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A textbook tracing the history of New Mexico's land and people from the Ice Age to the present.
Hidden History of Southeast New Mexico
Author: Donna Blake Birchell & John LeMayPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467137812
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Outlaws, cattlemen and a plethora of quirky pioneers once riddled southeastern New Mexico. In November 1892, E.W. Doll and J.B. Coates ignited rumors of an eight-foot petrified man in McKittrick Cave. A massive fire and subsequent shootout led to the demise of Phenix, one of the Old West's most scandalous towns. And in August 1932, Bonnie and Clyde kidnapped Carlsbad's Deputy Sheriff Joe Johns. Authors Donna Blake Birchell and John LeMay explore these little-known tales and more that have beguiled this region for centuries.