Herbert Eugene Bolton [[electronic resource] ] : historian of the American borderlands / / Albert L. Hurtado

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461538403321
• Autore: Hurtado Albert L. <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012
• ISBN: 1-283-37360-2; 9786613373601; 0-520-95251-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 907.2092; B
• Soggetti: Historians - United States; Electronic books.; Mexican-American Border Region Historiography; United States Territorial expansion Historiography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note On Language -- Introduction: The Border Lord -- 1. The Scholars' Hard Road -- 2. A Gathering At Lake Mendota -- 3. Gone To Texas -- 4. Many Roads To California -- 5. In Stephens'S Grove -- 6. Foundations Of Empire -- 7. Teachers And Students -Worlds Apart -- 8. Of Presidents And Politics -- 9. Race, Place, And Heroes -- 10. Exploration, Empire, And Patrimony -- 11. The Grand Patriarch -- 12. Bury My Heart At Corte Madera -- 13. Western Revolt And Retirement -- 14. Defending The Empire -- 15. The Fading Pageant -- 16. The Emperor Departs -- Afterword: The Debatable Legacy -- Abbreviations Used In The Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This definitive biography offers a new critical assessment of the life, works, and ideas of Herbert E. Bolton (1870-1953), a leading historian of the American West, Mexico, and Latin America. Bolton, a famous pupil of Frederick Jackson Turner, formulated a concept-the borderlands-that is a foundation of historical studies today. His research took him not only to the archives and libraries of Mexico but ; out on the trails blazed by Spanish soldiers and missionaries during the colonial era. Bolton helped establish the reputation of the University of California and the Bancroft Library in the eyes of the world and was influential among historians during his lifetime, but interest in his ideas waned after his death. Now, more than a century after Bolton began to investigate the Mexican archives, Albert L. Hurtado explores his life against the backdrop of the cultural and political controversies of his day.