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Author:

Reséndez, Andrés.

Title:

Changing national identities at the frontier : Texas and New Mexico, 1800-1850 / Andrés Reséndez.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xiii, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Texas--History--To 1846.
New Mexico--History--To 1848.
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Social aspects.
Frontier and pioneer life--Texas.
Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico.
Texas--Ethnic relations.
New Mexico--Ethnic relations.
Nationalism--Texas--History--19th century.
Nationalism--New Mexico--History--19th century.
Grensgebieden.
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Nationale identiteit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-293) and index.

Contents:

Carved paces: Mexico's Far North, the American Southwest, or Indian domains? -- A nation made visible: patronage, power, and ritual -- The spirit of mercantile enterprise -- The benediction of the Roman ritual -- The Texas Revolution and the not-so-secret history of shifting loyalties -- The fate of Governor Albino Pérez -- State, market, and literary cultures -- New Mexico at the razor's edge.

ISBN:

9780521543194 (pbk.)
0521543193 (pbk.)
9780521835558
0521835550

LCCN:

2004040651

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)