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Author Montoya, María E., 1964-

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

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 299 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.
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
Summary 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.
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Subject Maxwell Land Grant (N.M. and Colo.) -- History.
New Mexico -- History -- 1848-
New Mexico.
History.
Chronological Term 1848-
Subject New Mexico -- Race relations.
Race relations.
Land tenure -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century.
Land tenure.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject United States -- Maxwell Land Grant.
HISTORY -- State & Local.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Chronological Term Since 1800
Indexed Term Humaniora Historie.
Genre/Form History.
Other Form: Print version: Translating property Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002. 0520227441 (alk. paper) (DLC) 2001027677
ISBN 9780520926486 ebook
052092648X
0520227441 alkaline paper
1597349623
9781597349628
9780520227446 (alkaline paper)
0520227441
0585466408
9780585466408