New Mexico's quest for statehood, 1846-1912 [[electronic resource] /] / Robert W. Larson
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Larson Robert W. <1927->
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| Titolo: |
New Mexico's quest for statehood, 1846-1912 [[electronic resource] /] / Robert W. Larson
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| Pubblicazione: | Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2013, 1968 |
| Edizione: | [1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.9/78.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | State governments - New Mexico - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | New Mexico Politics and government 1848-1950 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-384) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" |
| ""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"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | New Mexico's quest for statehood, 1846-1912 |
| ISBN: | 0-8263-2947-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823828303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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