Hispanic Arizona, 1536-1856 / James E. Officer

Author: Officer, James E.
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [1987]
Copyright Date: ©1987
Physical Description: xx, 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Myth and reality in the Upper Pimería -- Early exploration and settlement -- The Provincias Internas of New Spain -- The last years of Spanish rule -- The Sonoran frontier after independence -- Sonora becomes a separate state -- Power struggles leave the frontier helpless -- Sonoran politics and Indian affairs -- Urrea wins in Sonora, Gándara in Mexico City -- No matter how bad, things can always get worse -- The war years, 1847-1848 -- The Yanqui forty-niners -- California sours for Sonorans -- The end of Mexican rule -- Epilogue -- Appendix A : The Elías family of Arizona and Sonora: a genealogical essay -- Appendix B : The Elías-Ortiz kin group and the Arizona land grants -- Appendix C : Comadurán family tree -- Appendix D : Ramírez family tree -- Appendix E : Agent Ruggles and the tame Apaches of Tucson -- Appendix F : Last register of Mexican soldiers in Tucson.

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0816509816 (alk. paper)
9780816509812 (alk. paper)
9780816511525 (paperback)

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Maps on lining papers.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-434) and index.

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