Translating property: the maxwell land grant and the conflict over land in the american west, 1840-1900
Auteur :
Montoya, Maria E.
Éditeur :
University Press of Kansas
ISBN :
9780700613816
Date de publication :
15 mars 2005
Dimensions :
24,0 x 15,9 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
496 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
When American settlers arrived in the southwestern borderlands, they assumed that the land was unencumbered by property claims. But, as Maria Montoya shows, the Southwest was no empty quarter waiting to be parceled up. Claims were contested by Native Americans who had lived on the land for generations.