Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 551
... brought the techniques of the United States frontier far from home , and using the bountiful raw materials of New Mexico made so much visible change in the commercial life of the province that an upper Rio Grande Mexican cried out ...
... brought the techniques of the United States frontier far from home , and using the bountiful raw materials of New Mexico made so much visible change in the commercial life of the province that an upper Rio Grande Mexican cried out ...
Page 810
... brought its organization with it , so the form of its frontier forts reflecting this tended to be repetitious . But there were local variations , and between the river posts of Texas and New Mexico there seemed to be one general ...
... brought its organization with it , so the form of its frontier forts reflecting this tended to be repetitious . But there were local variations , and between the river posts of Texas and New Mexico there seemed to be one general ...
Page 905
... brought to Mexico a long period of political order , industrial development , economic stability , and even some broadening of public education . It was a program that had resem- blances to the systems of life in the great world powers ...
... brought to Mexico a long period of political order , industrial development , economic stability , and even some broadening of public education . It was a program that had resem- blances to the systems of life in the great world powers ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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