LEADER 03150nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910779703103321 005 20230803021136.0 010 $a0-8263-2947-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001103371 035 $a(EBL)1319135 035 $a(OCoLC)855906784 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001071332 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11959629 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001071332 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11113352 035 $a(PQKB)10071051 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1319135 035 $a(OCoLC)767543668 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30100 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1319135 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10735446 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL505829 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001103371 100 $a20130729e20131968 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNew Mexico's quest for statehood, 1846-1912$b[electronic resource] /$fRobert W. Larson 205 $a[1st ed. 210 $aAlbuquerque $cUniversity of New Mexico Press$d2013, 1968 215 $a1 online resource (416 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8263-2946-2 311 $a1-299-74578-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 371-384) and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""I. CONQUEST AND MILITARY RULE""; ""II. FIRST ATTEMPTS""; ""III. THE 1850 CONSTITUTION""; ""IV. BECOMING A TERRITORY""; ""V. INTERNAL STRIFE ""; ""VI. A CHANGING TERRITORY""; ""VII. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1872""; ""VIII. THE FATEFUL HANDSHAKE""; ""IX. STATEHOOD AND THE SANTA FE RING""; ""X. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1889""; ""XI. FREE SILVER AND POPULISM""; ""XII. A NEW ERA""; ""XIII. THE KNOX BILL""; ""XIV. THE JOINTURE MOVEMENT""; ""XV. THE ENABLING ACT""; ""XVI. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1910""; ""XVII. THE FINAL STEPS""; ""CHAPTER NOTES"" 327 $a""BIBLIOGRAPHY""""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y"" 330 $a Why did New Mexico remain so long in political limbo before being admitted to the Union as a state? Combining extensive research and a clear and well-organized style, Robert W. Larson provides the answers to this question in a thorough and comprehensive account of the territory's extraordinary six-decade struggle for statehood. This book is no mere chronology of political moves, however. It is the history of a turbulent frontier state, sweeping into the current almost every colorful character of the territory. Not only politicians but ranchers, outlaws, soldiers, newspapermen, Indians, merc 606 $aState governments$zNew Mexico$xHistory 607 $aNew Mexico$xPolitics and government$y1848-1950 615 0$aState governments$xHistory. 676 $a320.9/78.9 700 $aLarson$b Robert W.$f1927-$01572291 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779703103321 996 $aNew Mexico's quest for statehood, 1846-1912$93847117 997 $aUNINA