| Old Santa Fe: A Brief Review of History 1536-1912 Contributor(s): Raciti, James J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0865343934 ISBN-13: 9780865343931 Publisher: Sunstone Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: This brief review of the history of Santa Fe is designed to give visitors and residents alike an overview of the important events that created what is now called "The City Different." (Domestic Travel) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Dewey: 978.956 |
| LCCN: 2003010370 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.22" W x 9.08" (0.39 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico - Locality - Santa Fe, N.M. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This brief review of the history of Santa Fe is designed to give visitors and residents alike an overview of the important events that created what we now call, "The City Different." For more than four hundred years, New Mexico has been a crossroad of religious and cultural influences. Santa Fe, as its capital, has not always grown painlessly but often as a result of revolt, bloodshed and war. The years are marked with brilliant surges of insight and compassion but also with intrigue, cruelty and the ever-present conflict between Church and State. The author traces the legacy the Spanish settlers enjoyed from the native populations, as well as that contributed by the conquerors to their new homeland. He emphasizes the development of religious and educational institutions, the constant struggle with the elements of nature and the hostile Indian tribes, the unique role New Mexico played in the Civil War and New Mexico's arduous quest for statehood. James Raciti divides his time between Santa Fe and his home in Florida. Although a native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Raciti spent most of his adult life in Europe as an educator.. |