Forty-Seventh Star: New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood

By David V. Holtby

Book Overview

New Mexico was ceded to the United States in 1848, at the end of the war with Mexico, but not until 1912 did President William Howard Taft sign the proclamation that promoted New Mexico from territory... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806142820
• ISBN13: 9780806142821
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.1"