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Translating property : the Maxwell Land Grant and the conflict over land in the American West, 1840-1900 / María E. Montoya

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Montoya, María E., 1964-
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
Copyright Date
©2002
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 299 pages)
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Contents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Contested Boundaries -- 2. Regulating Land, Labor, and Bodies: Mexican Married Women, Peones, and the Remains of Feudalism -- 3. From Hacienda to Colony -- 4. Prejudice, Confrontation, and Resistance: Taking Control of the Grant -- 5. The Law of the Land: U.S. v. Maxwell Land Grant Company -- 6. The Legacy of Land Grants in the American West -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Although Mexico lost its northern territories to the US in 1948 battles over property rights have remained intense. This text shows how contending groups reinterpret the meaning of property to uphold their conflicting claims to land.
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9780520926486 ebook
052092648X
0520227441 (alk. paper)
1597349623
9781597349628
9780520227446 (alk. paper)
0520227441
0585466408
9780585466408
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index.
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