New Mexico's Quest for Statehood, 1846-1912

by Robert W. Larson

Book Overview

Why did New Mexico remain so long in political limbo before being admitted to the Union as a state?

Combining extensive research and a clear and well-organized style, Robert W. Larson provides the answers to this question in a thorough and comprehensive account of the territory's extraordinary six-decade struggle for statehood.

This book is no mere chronology of political moves, however. It is the history of a turbulent frontier state,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826329462
• ISBN13: 9780826329462
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.4"