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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789900803321

Autore

Hurtado Albert L. <1946->

Titolo

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

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

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Soggetti

Historians - United States

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.