New Mexican lives : profiles and historical stories / edited by Richard W. Etulain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Etulain, Richard W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Mexico--History.

New Mexico.

History.

New Mexico--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press : Published in cooperation with the UNM Center for the American West, [2002]

Summary:

This book will appeal to anyone interested in knowing more about how a fascinating mix of people of various cultures have molded New Mexico's history.

Contents:

1. Prologue: prehistoric man and woman in New Mexico / Richard W. Etulain

2. Popé, the Pueblo Revolt, and Native Americans in early New Mexico / Joe S. Sando

3. Juan de Oñate, Diego de Vargas, and Hispanic beginnings in New Mexico / Rick Hendricks

4. Juanotilla of Cochiti, Vecina and Coyota: nuevomexicanas in the eighteenth century / Deena J. González

5. Padre Martínez and Mexican New Mexico / E.A. Mares

6. Mangas Coloradas and mid-nineteenth-century conflicts / Edwin R. Sweeney

7. Kit Carson and the "Americanization" of New Mexico / Barton H. Barbour

8. Billy the Kid, Susan McSween, Thomas Catron, and the modernization of New Mexico / Kathleen P. Chamberlain

9. Mabel Dodge Luhan and New Mexico's Anglo arts community / Lois Palken Rudnick

10. Dennis Chavez and the making of modern New Mexico / María E. Montoya

11. "The inalienable right to govern ourselves": Wendell Chino and the struggle for Indian self-determination in modern New Mexico / Myla Vicenti Carpio and Peter Iverson

12. Tony Hillerman and the turn-of-the-century American Southwest / Ferenc M. Szasz

13. New Mexico history: a bibliographical essay / Richard W. Etulain

Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826324320

0826324339

OCLC:

48265524