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Translating property : the Maxwell Land Grant and the conflict over land in the American West, 1840-1900 / María E. Montoya.
LIBRA F802.M38 M66 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montoya, María E., 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land tenure.
- History.
- Race relations.
- Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.)--History.
- Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.).
- New Mexico--History--1848-.
- New Mexico.
- New Mexico--Race relations.
- Land tenure--New Mexico--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 299 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- A history of land conflicts and legal cultures in the way the West was won. The story takes place in New Mexico, as it evolved from a Mexican colony to a U.S., territory. The author shows how ideas about land, ownership, and rights clashed in this transition from a legal culture based on pre-industrial norms to the modern market system of the U.S.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520227441
- OCLC:
- 46866258
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