Forty-Seventh Star New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood

Name: Forty-Seventh Star New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood
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ISBN: 9780806142821

ISBN-10: 0806142820

ISBN-13: 9780806142821

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Van Holtby

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New Mexico was ceded to the United States in 1848, at the end of the war with Mexico, but not until 1912 did President William Howard Taft sign the proclamation that promoted New Mexico from territory to state. Why did New Mexico’s push for statehood last sixty-four years? Conventional wisdom has it that racism was solely to blame. But this fresh look at the history finds a more complex set of obstacles, tied primarily to self-serving politicians.Forty-Seventh Star,published in New Mexico’s centennial year, is the first book on its quest for statehood in more than forty years.David V. Holtby closely examines the final stretch of New Mexico’s tortuous road to statehood, beginning in the…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 9/4/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

David V. Holtbyis retired as the Associate Director and Editor in Chief of University of New Mexico Press. He wrote this book while a research scholar at the Center for Regional Studies at UNM. He has published numerous articles on the social origins of the Spanish Civil War.



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: "The Miracle-Breeding Imagination"



"Only a Licensed and Paid Beggar"



"A Strong Case against the Admission"



"Politically Realistic Alternatives"



"Full Knowledge of Its Fraudulent Character"



"People Who Are to the Manor Born"



"Steady, Persistent, Unrelaxing Determination"



"Conservative and Law Loving"



"Injurious to the Cause of Free Government"


Conclusion: "That Bright Star Added to the Flag"


Notes


Bibliography


Index