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New Mexico - A History (Paperback)
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New Mexico - A History (Paperback)
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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.
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