Title: Translating property: the Maxwell Land Grant and the conflict over land in the American West, 1840-1900Author: Montoya, María E 1964-
Published: University of California Press, 2002
Subjects: History |
Californian and Western History |
Law |
Latino Studies |
California and the West |
California and the WestPublisher's Description: Although Mexico lost its northern territories to the United States in 1848, battles over property rights and ownership have remained intense. This turbulent, vividly narrated story of the Maxwell Land Grant, a single tract of 1.7 million acres in northeastern New Mexico, shows how contending groups . . .
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