Empires Lost and Won
Title | Empires Lost and Won PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Marrin |
Publisher | Atheneum Books |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
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Discusses the history of the southwestern region of the United States from the sixteenth century to the Mexican War, examining the interactions between the Spanish, Indians, and American pioneers.
Water in the Hispanic Southwest
Title | Water in the Hispanic Southwest PDF eBook |
Author | Michael C. Meyer |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1996-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780816515950 |
When Spanish conquistadores marched north from Mexico's interior, they encountered one harsh reality that eclipsed all others: the importance of water in an arid land. Covering a time when legal precedents were being set for many water rights laws, this study contributes much to an understanding of the modern Southwest, especially disputes involving Indian water rights. The paperback edition includes a new afterword by the author which discusses the results of recent research.
Myth and the History of the Hispanic Southwest
Title | Myth and the History of the Hispanic Southwest PDF eBook |
Author | David J. Weber |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780826311948 |
Located in Southwest Collection.
Spain in the Southwest
Title | Spain in the Southwest PDF eBook |
Author | John L. Kessell |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 483 |
Release | 2013-02-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0806180129 |
John L. Kessell’s Spain in the Southwest presents a fast-paced, abundantly illustrated history of the Spanish colonies that became the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California. With an eye for human interest, Kessell tells the story of New Spain’s vast frontier--today’s American Southwest and Mexican North--which for two centuries served as a dynamic yet disjoined periphery of the Spanish empire. Chronicling the period of Hispanic activity from the time of Columbus to Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1821, Kessell traces the three great swells of Hispanic exploration, encounter, and influence that rolled north from Mexico across the coasts and high deserts of the western borderlands. Throughout this sprawling historical landscape, Kessell treats grand themes through the lives of individuals. He explains the frequent cultural clashes and accommodations in remarkably balanced terms. Stereotypes, the author writes, are of no help. Indians could be arrogant and brutal, Spaniards caring, and vice versa. If we select the facts to fit preconceived notions, we can make the story come out the way we want, but if the peoples of the colonial Southwest are seen as they really were--more alike than diverse, sharing similar inconstant natures--then we need have no favorites.
Hispanic Culture in the Southwest
Title | Hispanic Culture in the Southwest PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Leon Campa |
Publisher | |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Southwest, New |
ISBN | 9780806125695 |
Account of the evolution of the Hispanic culture of the Southwest, including politics, religion, language, art, and attitudes.
Empires Lost And Won
Title | Empires Lost And Won PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Marrin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1997-04-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780756778002 |
Albert Marrin brings immediacy to the vast panorama of history in the American Southwest. He presents a cast of hundreds, famous & infamous characters from Cabaza de Vaca & Coronado to Zebulon Pike. The book includes Santa Anna, Sam Houston, & the heroes of the Alamo, as well as Cochise, Geronimo, & Quanah Parker, who fought for the traditions & lives of the Apaches & Comanches. The Mexican War produced such future heroes as Robert E. Lee, U.S. Grant, George E. Pickett, & George B. McClellan. This is a history of the U.S. that began in the 1500s, a century before English settlement in the East, & that had enormous influence on the formation & culture of this country today. Illustrated. Juvenile audiences.
The Spanish Heritage of the Southwest
Title | The Spanish Heritage of the Southwest PDF eBook |
Author | Francis L. Fugate |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Cooking, Spanish |
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Review of the mixture of elements of the Spanish and Indian cultures and their contributions to each other. Well illustrated.