Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

New Mexican lives : Profiles and historical stories / profiles and historical stories / edited by Richard W. Etulain. - 1st ed. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, Published in cooperation with the UNM Center for the American West, c2002. - viii, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : prehistoric man and woman in New Mexico / Richard W. Etulain --
Popé, the Pueblo Revolt, and Native Americans in early New Mexico / Joe S. Sando --
Juan de Oñate, Diego de Vargas, and Hispanic beginnings in New Mexico / Rick Hendricks --
Juanotilla of Cochiti, Vecina and Coyota : nuevomexicanas in the eighteenth century / Deena J. González --
Padre Martńez and Mexican New Mexico / E.A. Mares --
Mangas Coloradas and mid-nineteenth-century conflicts / Edwin R. Sweeney --
Kit Carson and the "Americanization" of New Mexico / Barton H. Barbour --
Billy the Kid, Susan McSween, Thomas Catron, and the modernization of New Mexico / Kathleen P. Chamberlain --
Mabel Dodge Luhan and New Mexico's Anglo arts community / Lois Palken Rudnick --
Dennis Chavez and the making of modern New Mexico / María E. Montoya --
"The inalienable right to govern ourselves" : Wendell Chino and the struggle for Indian self-determination in modern New Mexico / Myla Vicenti Carpio and Peter Iverson --
Tony Hillerman and the turn-of-the-century American Southwest / Ferenc M. Szasz --
New Mexico history : a bibliographical essay / Richard W. Etulain.

"By emphasizing the links between important New Mexicans and their times, this book makes history a personal story of drama and pathos played out within a larger context of pivotal events and formative ideas." "This book will appeal to anyone interested in knowing more about how a fascinating mix of people of various cultures have molded New Mexico's history."--Jacket.

0826324320 (cloth) 0826324339 (pbk.)

2001006432


New Mexico--History
New Mexico--Biography

F796.5 / .N49 2002

978.9 New 48