New Mexico's Quest for Statehood, 1846-1912
Author: Robert W. Larson
Publisher:
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780608154633
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPosts
New Mexico's Quest for Statehood, 1846-1912
Author: Robert W. Larson
Publisher:
Published: 1968
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780826300621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Mexico's Struggle for Statehood
Author: L. Bradford Prince
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 086534731X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeBaron Bradford Prince (1840-1922) was a transplanted New Yorker, a tireless judge, a controversial territorial governor, a gentleman scholar, and an early leader of the Historical Society of New Mexico. In all these roles, and others, he was a passionate advocate of New Mexico statehood. Prince was born, raised, and educated in New York. As a young attorney, his political career in state politics had progressed well until he clashed with leaders of the state Republican Party machine. Salvaging his political fortunes in the West, Prince won appointment as the chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court in 1879. By all accounts, no territorial judge worked harder than Prince, often hearing cases from 8:00 in the morning until 11:00 at night. In what time remained in his busy days, Prince compiled a 603-page volume of territorial laws and began to write history with the clear purpose of advocating New Mexico statehood. His first work on New Mexico history, entitled "Historical Sketches of New Mexico from the Earliest Records to the American Occupation," appeared in 1883. "New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood" (1910) and "The Student's History of New Mexico" (1921) followed. All are included in Sunstone's Southwest Heritage Series. This new edition of "New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood" includes a facsimile of the original edition along with a new foreword by Richard Melzer, PhD, a biographical sketch from "History of New Mexico" (1891) by Helen Haines, and a tribute to the memory of L. Bradford Prince from a publication of the Historical Society of New Mexico, No. 25.
The New Mexico State Constitution
Author: Chuck Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0199779155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New Mexico State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's governing charter. It begins with an overview of New Mexico's constitutional history, and then provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing important changes that have been made since its drafting. This treatment, which includes a list of cases, index, and bibliography, makes this guide indispensable for students, scholars, and practitioners of Nex Mexico's constitution. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.
The Student's History of New Mexico
Author: L. Bradford Prince
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 0865346941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Mexico territorial governor Prince first published this volume in the early 1900s to help create pride in the nation's newest state.
New Mexico Government and Politics
Author: Maurilio E. Vigil
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780819177902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a comprehensive and penetrating investigation of the governmental and political processes of New Mexico. It combines a view of how the social and political history have shaped contemporary New Mexico political culture and the nature of governmental and political affairs. Formal governmental institutions and political processes provide a descriptive narrative of New Mexico government and politics. Contents: PART I: The Function of State Government; The Land of Enchantment; Paso por aqui; Powers Not Delegated; Any Amendment or Amendments to this Constitution; PART II: The Form of Government; The Executive Department Shall Consist of...; The Legislative Power Shall Be Vested In; The Judicial Power of the State Shall Be Vested In; All Elections Shall be Free and Open: Parties and Politics in New Mexico; From Bernalillo to Valencia: County Government; From Aztec to Wagon Mound: Municipal Government; Pueblos, Acequias and Land Grants: Other Political Units Mexico; PART III: The Future of State Government; Public Policymaking in New Mexico
New Mexico
Author: Marc Simmons
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780826311108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe memorable story of New Mexico's history.
New Mexico Past and Future
Author: Thomas E. Chavez
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780826334442
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new perspective on the colorful history of New Mexico includes the stories of many of the people who have spent their lives in the area from before the arrival of Europeans in the sixteenth century through the present day.
A Mission in the Desert
Author: Michael E. Welsh
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrontier's End
Author: Robert Gish
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1988-01-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780803221215
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe western frontier was officially pronounced closed in 1890, the year Harvey Fergusson was born in Albuquerque. He spent his life reopening it in a series of novels stretching from the classic Wolf Song to the belatedly acclaimed Grant of Kingdom and The Conquest of Don Pedro. In this first full biography and critical study, Robert F. Gish sees Fergusson as a modern frontiersman in love with the outdoors, women, and writing. The scion of New Mexico family prominent in business and politics, Fergusson moved restlessly from one new frontier to another, always seeking to recreate in his life and work the adventure and freedom enjoyed by his ancestors. After a strenuous open-air life by the Rio Grande he went east to raise a ruckus us a journalist and then to Hollywood as a screenwriter, all the while testing his sexual mettle. Finally freelance writing was the only frontier available to one of his imaginative energy. Fergusson?s early novel Wolf Song is still considered one of the best ever written about the mountain man. Gish shows the writer embracing the gloriously masculine and atavistic role of a ?lone rider? even as he scorned ?the worship of the primitive.? Fergusson struck up a friendship with H. L. Mencken and Theodore Dreiser (who influenced his literary style) and played a part in the development of Taos and Santa Fe as meccas for artists and writers. Based on extensive research, including Fergusson?s diaries and correspondence, Frontier?s End goes a long way toward reconciling the regional with the mainstream in American literature in the person of a serious novelist whose importance is finally being recognized.
