| Hispanic Albuquerque, 1706-1846 Contributor(s): Simmons, Marc (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826331602 ISBN-13: 9780826331601 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: In anticipation of the tricentennial of Albuquerques founding in 2006, "Hispanic Albuquerque" presents an engaging, narrative history of the city from 1706 to 1846, its era as a Hispanic community. Written by the foremost historian of colonial and nineteenth-century New Mexico, this book is an abridgment of his award-winning "Albuquerque: A Narrative History," first published in 1982 and long unavailable. Here is history to fascinate and inform. In re-examining the founding of the city, Simmons shows how contemporary land and water rights issues are tied to the original document creating the town. His account of commercial activities and relations with Native Americans is a reminder of the complexity of daily life in the colonial period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 978.961 |
| LCCN: 2002154495 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.04" W x 8.2" (0.56 lbs) 172 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Locality - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In anticipation of the tricentennial of Albuquerque's founding in 2006, Hispanic Albuquerque presents an engaging, narrative history of the city from 1706 to 1846, its era as a Hispanic community. Written by the foremost historian of colonial and nineteenth-century New Mexico, this book is an abridgment of his award-winning Albuquerque: A Narrative History, first published in 1982 and long unavailable. Here is history to fascinate and inform. In re-examining the founding of the city, Simmons shows how contemporary land and water rights issues are tied to the original document creating the town. His account of commercial activities and relations with Native Americans is a reminder of the complexity of daily life in the colonial period. |
Contributor Bio(s): Simmons, Marc: - Marc Simmons is considered New Mexico's historian laureate and has published over forty books on New Mexico history. Simmons is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 1993 the King of Spain granted him membership in the knightly Order of Isabela la Católica for his contributions to Spanish colonial history. He resides in Cerrillos, New Mexico. |