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The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846: The American Southwest Under Mexico (Histories of the American Frontier)

By David J. Weber

Book information

Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Year
1982
ISBN
0826306039, 9780826306036
LCC
F800 .W4 1982
Open Library ID
OL3483367M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
55 MB (57394430 bytes)
Pages
440\451
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The quarter-century of Mexican sovereignty over the land that is today the American Southwest was a period of turmoil and transition. Between 1821 and 1846, Mexico City's ties to the far northern frontier were steadily weakened by domestic political and social strife as well as by foreign economic encroachment. The gradual loss of social and economic links and the eventual lapse of political allegiance is perceptively reinterpreted from the Mexican perspective by Professor Weber. The book is essential reading for all who are interested in the history of the West and the Southwest. The late Ray Allen Billington praised the book as "meticulously prepared, sparklingly written, and brilliantly interpreted. Its perspective will affect all writing on western history for a generation to come."

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