A land apart : the Southwest and the Nation in the twentieth century / Flannery Burke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Flannery, author.

Series:

Modern American West

The modern American West

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans.

History.

Indians of North America.

New Mexico--History--20th century.

New Mexico.

Arizona--History--20th century.

Arizona.

Indians of North America--New Mexico--History--20th century.

Indians of North America--Arizona--History--20th century.

Hispanic Americans--Arizona--History--20th century.

Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 413 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Southwest and the Nation in the twentieth century

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2017]

Summary:

"A new kind of history of the Southwest (mainly New Mexico and Arizona) that foregrounds the stories of Latino and Indigenous peoples who made the Southwest matter to the nation in the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Borders 27

1 A Place by Itself, 1912-1929 31

2 The Story Attached to It 1929-2000 57

Part II Indian Country 91

3 Nations, Tribes, Communities, and Towns, 1876-1935 97

4 The Story Still Being Told, 1940-2000 119

Part III Reducing to Possession 155

5 The Searchers: Race and Tourism in the Southwest 159

6 Own It: Race, Place, and Belonging 194

Part IV The Theater of All Possibilities 221

7 Boom Towns: The Nuclear Southwest 225

8 Water Is the Earth's Blood 264.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816535613

0816535612

9780816528417

0816528411

OCLC:

961159614