Properties of violence : law and land grant struggle in northern New Mexico / David Correia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Correia, David, 1968-

Series:

Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation

Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land grants--Law and legislation--New Mexico--Tierra Amarilla--History.

Land grants.

Tierra Amarilla (N.M.)--History.

Tierra Amarilla (N.M.).

Alianza Federal de las Mercedes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through a compelling story about the conflict over a notorious Mexican-period land grant in northern New Mexico, David Correia examines how law and property are constituted through violence and social struggle. Spain and Mexico populated what is today New Mexico through large common property land grants to sheepherders and agriculturalists. After the U.S.-Mexican War the area saw rampant land speculation and dubious property adjudication. Nearly all of the huge land grants scattered throughout New Mexico were rejected by U.S. courts or acquired by land speculators. Of all the land grant confli

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Property and the Legal Geographies of Violence in Northern New Mexico; PROLOGUE: Yellow Earth; CHAPTER 1 Colonizing the Lands of War; CHAPTER 2 "Under the Malign Influence of Land-Stealing Experts"; CHAPTER 3 The Night Riders of Tierra Amarilla; CHAPTER 4 An Unquiet Title; CHAPTER 5 The New Mexico Land Grant War; CHAPTER 6 Terrorists and Tourists in Tierra Amarilla; EPILOGUE: Rare Earth; 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; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299132191

1299132197

9780820345826

0820345822

OCLC:

827556324