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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520229711
ISBN-139780520229716
eBay Product ID (ePID)2022080
Product Key Features
Number of Pages354 Pages
Publication NameSpanish Redemption : Heritage, Power, and Loss on New Mexico's Upper Rio Grande
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), United States / General
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
AuthorCharles Montgomery
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2001-005649
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentList of Maps Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Hispano Fortunes in New Mexico, 1598-1900 2. The Race Issue and the "Spanish-American" in Party Politics, 1900-1920 3. Mission Architecture and Colonial Civility, 1904-1920 4. Discovering "Spanish Culture" at the Santa Fe Fiesta, 1919-1936 5. The Revival of Spanish Colonial Arts, 1924-1936 6. Regionalism and the Literature of the Soil, 1928-1938 Conclusion: The Coronado Cuarto Centennial and the Depletion of Spanish Heritage Notes Bibliography
SynopsisCharles Montgomery's compelling narrative traces the history of the upper Rio Grande's modern Spanish heritage, showing how Anglos and Hispanos sought to redefine the region's social character by glorifying its Spanish colonial past. This readable book demonstrates that northern New Mexico's twentieth-century Spanish heritage owes as much to the coming of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1880 as to the first Spanish colonial campaign of 1598. As the railroad brought capital and migrants into the region, Anglos posed an unprecedented challenge to Hispano wealth and political power. Yet unlike their counterparts in California and Texas, the Anglo newcomers could not wholly displace their Spanish-speaking rivals. Nor could they segregate themselves or the upper Rio Grande from the image, well-known throughout the Southwest, of the disreputable Mexican. Instead, prominent Anglos and Hispanos found common cause in transcending the region's Mexican character. Turning to colonial symbols of the conquistador, the Franciscan missionary, and the humble Spanish settler, they recast northern New Mexico and its people.