Pleas and Petitions: Hispano Culture and Legislative Conflict in Territorial Colorado

by Virginia Sanchez

Book Overview

In Pleas and Petitions Virginia S nchez sheds new light on the political obstacles, cultural conflicts, and institutional racism experienced by Hispano legislators in the wake of the legal establishment of the Territory of Colorado. The book reexamines the transformation of some 7,000 Hispano settlers from citizens of New Mexico territory to citizens of the newly formed Colorado territory, as well as the effects of territorial legislation on the lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607329131
• ISBN13: 9781607329138
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up