TY - BOOK AU - Caffey,David L. ED - Project Muse. TI - Chasing the Santa Fe Ring: power and privilege in territorial New Mexico SN - 9780826354433 AV - F801 .C27 2014 U1 - 978.9/04 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Albuquerque PB - University of New Mexico Press KW - Politicians KW - New Mexico KW - Santa Fe KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Businessmen KW - Political culture KW - Societies KW - Political corruption KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Land speculation KW - Land grants KW - Economic conditions KW - Politics and government KW - 1848-1950 KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: What do you know of its existence? -- The Gilded Age, east and west -- A ring is formed -- Colfax County and the Maxwell Land Grant -- The Lincoln County war -- The firm of Elkins and Catron -- The business of land -- A progressive and enterprising spirit -- Fracture in the ranks -- A territory or a state? -- The end of an epoch -- The myth of the Ring -- Conquest and consequence : reflections on the Ring -- Appendix A: Who was in the Santa Fe Ring? -- Appendix B: Profiles of alleged Ring participants UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780826354433/ ER -