Translating property : the Maxwell Land Grant and the conflict over land in the American West, 1840-1900 /

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Although Mexico lost its northern territories to the US in 1948 battles over property rights have remained intense. This text shows how contending groups reinterpret the meaning of property to uphold their conflicting claims to land.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Montoya, María E., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.
Subjects:
Since 1800
Land tenure > New Mexico > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Land tenure
Race relations
Landrechten.
Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.) > History.
New Mexico > History > 1848-
New Mexico > Race relations.
Nouveau-Mexique > Histoire > 1848-
Nouveau-Mexique > Relations raciales.
New Mexico
United States > Maxwell Land Grant
New Mexico.
Colorado (staat)
Humaniora > Historie.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Contested Boundaries
  • 2. Regulating Land, Labor, and Bodies: Mexican Married Women, Peones, and the Remains of Feudalism
  • 3. From Hacienda to Colony
  • 4. Prejudice, Confrontation, and Resistance: Taking Control of the Grant
  • 5. The Law of the Land: U.S. v. Maxwell Land Grant Company
  • 6. The Legacy of Land Grants in the American West
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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