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Spanish influence on the old southwest : a collision of cultures / Jeremy Agnew.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agnew, Jeremy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish--Southwest, New--History.
- Spanish.
- Southwest, New--History.
- Southwest, New.
- Southwest, New--Civilization--Spanish influences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Spanish conquistadors arrived in Central America 150 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. This is the story of how Spanish explorers, soldiers and men of the church pushed north from Mexico in the 1500s, seeking riches and establishing settlements from Texas to California 250 years before the influx of American settlers in the mid-1800s"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The beginning
- Anasazi descendants
- Pushing north from New Spain
- The City of the Holy Faith
- A clash of beliefs
- New Spain expands
- The lure of Pacific shores
- Indian horseman and Spanish cowboys
- The Spanish falter
- New trails to Santa Fe
- The Americans take over.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2327-9
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