Publication

2002 - University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma

Language

English

Word Count

115,500 words, Guess

Page Count

462 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780806134079
  • Open LibraryOL3952329M

Classifications

  • DDC979/.02
  • LCCF799 .K38 2002
  • LCCF799.K38 2002

Description

"John L. Kessell's Spain in the Southwest is an illustrated history of the Spanish colonies that became the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California. With an eye for human interest, Kessell tells the story of New Spain's vast frontier - today's American Southwest and Mexican North - which for two centuries served as a dynamic yet disconnected periphery of the Spanish empire.". "Chronicling the period of Hispanic activity from the time of Columbus to Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821, Kessell traces the three great swells of Hispanic exploration, encounter, and influence that rolled north from Mexico across the coasts and high deserts of the western borderlands."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

Shorn of every outward sign of his Spanish superiority, unkempt castaway Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca begged to survive.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Spain in the Southwest: a narrative history of colonial New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and CaliforniaUniversity of Oklahoma Press2002-01-01

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