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Author Montoya, Maria E., 1964-

Title Translating property : the Maxwell Land Grant and the conflict over land in the American West, 1840-1900 / Maria E. Montoya.

Imprint Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2005.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  978.9 M768t 2005    ---  Available
Description xxii, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-277) and index.
Contents Contested boundaries -- Regulating land, labor, and bodies : Mexican married women, peones, and the remains of feudalism -- From hacienda to colony -- Prejudice, confrontation, and resistance : taking control of the grant -- The law of the land : U.S. v. Maxwell Land Grant Company -- The legacy of land grants in the American West.
Subject Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.) -- History.
New Mexico -- History -- 1848-
New Mexico -- Race relations.
Land tenure -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 0700613811 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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