Essays in Twentieth-Century New Mexico History

by Denmark

Book Overview

While the colonial and territorial periods in New Mexico history have been well documented, and in fact helped create the myth of the American West, the contemporary period remains largely unexamined. This collection of essays remedies that lack by examining the dramatic social, economic, and political changes that have occurred in the course of the twentieth century. Thirteen essays present case studies of farm families, groundwater law, mining,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082631483X
• ISBN13: 9780826314833
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"