The Complete History of New Mexico
Title | The Complete History of New Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin McIlvoy |
Publisher | Graywolf Press |
Total Pages | 177 |
Release | 2012-10-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1555970478 |
"Compelling and complex . . . Strange and wonderful." —The New York Times Book Review, in praise of McIlvoy's previous fiction I am going to write about the state of New Mexico and put in some maps and stuff from the encyclopedia. My theme is the Don Juan Onate trail and the Jornada Del Muerto. But I might write some other important things which as it turns out my stepmother got angry about and said she wouldn't type this until my Dad said "Dammit now it is history" and told her maybe there weren't commas in those days. "The Complete History of New Mexico" is no ordinary research paper, and this is no ordinary collection of short stories. Eleven-year-old Chum's "history" unfolds over three distinctive and increasingly disturbing sections. He writes that "Coronado explored around and found Santa Fe in 1610"; that "William Becknell was tracking wagons over everyplace in 1821"; and that every day his best friend, Daniel, is afraid to go home. Kevin McIlvoy intersperses the title novella with equally distinctive stories set in New Mexico. Laura, a plain, overweight nurse, encounters a terrified young man on his way to the Vietnam War and takes matters into her own hands. Zach spends time with his "white-trash" relatives and finds love's terrible and true face. The Complete History of New Mexico is a stunningly original collection that will further McIlvoy's growing reputation.
New Mexico
Title | New Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph P. Sánchez |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | 402 |
Release | 2013-09-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0806151137 |
Since the earliest days of Spanish exploration and settlement, New Mexico has been known for lying off the beaten track. But this new history reminds readers that the world has been beating paths to New Mexico for hundreds of years, via the Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail, several railroads, Route 66, the interstate highway system, and now the Internet. This first complete history of New Mexico in more than thirty years begins with the prehistoric cultures of the earliest inhabitants. The authors then trace the state’s growth from the arrival of Spanish explorers and colonizers in the sixteenth century to the centennial of statehood in 2012. Most historians have made the territory’s admission to the Union in 1912 as the starting point for the state’s modernization. As this book shows, however, the transformation from frontier province to modern state began with World War II. The technological advancements of the Atomic Era, spawned during wartime, propelled New Mexico to the forefront of scientific research and pointed it toward the twenty-first century. The authors discuss the state’s historical and cultural geography, the economics of mining and ranching, irrigation’s crucial role in agriculture, and the impact of Native political activism and tribe-owned gambling casinos. New Mexico: A History will be a vital source for anyone seeking to understand the complex interactions of the indigenous inhabitants, Spanish settlers, immigrants, and their descendants who have created New Mexico and who shape its future.
A History of New Mexico
Title | A History of New Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Susan A. Roberts |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
A textbook tracing the history of New Mexico's land and people from the Ice Age to the present.
Telling New Mexico
Title | Telling New Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Marta Weigle |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Total Pages | 732 |
Release | 2009-02-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0890135797 |
This extensive volume presents New Mexico history from its prehistoric beginnings to the present in essays and articles by fifty prominent historians and scholars representing various disciplines including history, anthropology, Native American studies, and Chicano studies. Contributors include Rick Hendricks, John L. Kessell, Peter Iverson, Rina Swentzell, Sylvia Rodriguez, William deBuys, Robert J. Tórrez, Malcolm Ebright, Herman Agoyo, and Paula Gunn Allen, among many others.
A Brief History of New Mexico
Title | A Brief History of New Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Myra Ellen Jenkins |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Total Pages | 100 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780826303707 |
Detailed information on every aspect of New Mexico's past.
Hidden History of Spanish New Mexico
Title | Hidden History of Spanish New Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Ray John de Aragón |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 2011-07-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1614237018 |
New Mexico's Spanish legacy has informed the cultural traditions of one of the last states to join the union for more than four hundred years, or before the alluring capital of Santa Fe was founded in 1610. The fame the region gained from artist Georgia O'Keefe, writers Lew Wallace and D.H. Lawrence and pistolero Billy the Kid has made New Mexico an international tourist destination. But the Spanish annals also have enriched the Land of Enchantment with the factual stories of a superhero knight, the greatest queen in history, a saintly gent whose coffin periodically rises from the depths of the earth and a mysterious ancient map. Join author Ray John de Aragón as he reveals hidden treasure full of suspense and intrigue.
A History of New Mexico
Title | A History of New Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Calvin A. Roberts |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Total Pages | 358 |
Release | 2004-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780826335074 |
A textbook tracing the history of New Mexico's land and people from the Ice Age to the present.