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

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.

Основен автор: Montoya, Maria E., 1964-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Berkeley : University of California Press, ℗♭2002.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Translating property.
Съдържание:
  • Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION I
  • 1. CONTESTED BOUNDARIES 19
  • 2. REGULATING LAND, LABOR, AND BODIES: MEXICAN MARRIED WOMEN, PEONES, AND THE REMAINS OF FEUDALISM 46
  • 3. FROM HACIENDA TO COLONY 78
  • 4. PREJUDICE, CONFRONTATION, AND RESISTANCE: TAKING CONTROL OF THE GRANT 121
  • 5. THE LAW OF THE LAND: U.S.V. MAXWELL LAND GRANT COMPANY 157
  • 6. THE LEGACY OF LAND GRANTS IN THE AMERICAN WEST 191.