Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and the Conflict Over Land in the American West, 1840-1900
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When American settlers arrived in the southwestern borderlands, they assumed that the land was unencumbered by property claims. But, as Mar a Montoya shows, the Southwest was no empty quarter simply waiting to be parceled up. Although Anglo farmers claimed absolute rights under the Homestead Act, their claims were contested by Native Americans who had lived on the land for generations, Mexican magnates like Lucien Maxwell who controlled vast...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0700613811
ISBN13:9780700613816
Release Date:March 2005
Publisher:University Press of Kansas
Length:299 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"
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