Properties of Violence: Law and Land Grant Struggle in Northern New Mexico

by David Correia

Book Overview

Through a compelling story about the conflict over a notorious Mexican-period land grant in northern New Mexico, David Correia examines how law and property are constituted through violence and social struggle.

Spain and Mexico populated what is today New Mexico through large common property land grants to sheepherders and agriculturalists. After the U.S.-Mexican War the area saw rampant land speculation and dubious property adjudication...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820345024
• ISBN13: 9780820345024
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"