Myth and the history of the Hispanic southwest : essays / by David J. Weber.

Weber, David J.
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1988.
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Part of the series The Calvin P. Horn lectures in Western history and culture;Calvin P. Horn lectures in Western history and culture.
Notes:

  • University of New Mexico, November 8-11, 1987.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Introduction — Reflections on Coronado and the myth of Quivira — Fray Marcos de Niza and the historians — Turner, the Boltonians, and the Spanish borderlands — John Francis Bannon and the historiography of the Spanish borderlands: retrospect and prospect — Mexico’s far northern frontier, 1821-1854: Historiography askew — From hell itself : the Americanization of Mexico’s northern frontier, 1821-1846 — American westward expansion and the breakdown of relations between Pobladores and Indios barbaros on Mexico’s far northern frontier, 1821-1846 — Refighting the Alamo: mythmaking and the Texas revolution — Scarce more than apes : historial roots of Anglo-American stereotypes of Mexicans — Index.
  • A collection of essays explores the complex ways that myth and history have interacted in the cultural memory of the Hispanic southwest.

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