New Mexico Past and Future

by Thomas E. Chávez

Book Overview

There have been many histories of New Mexico written for the general public in recent years. However, New Mexico Past and Future approaches the state's history differently.

First, Thomas Ch?vez asserts dates and names are not important. Relative time and cause and effect are the important keys to making sense of any history. Second, history is the story of human beings--people who feel sadness and happiness and pain, people who lived...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082633444X
• ISBN13: 9780826334442
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"