Chasing the Santa Fe Ring [electronic resource] : power and privilege in territorial New Mexico / David L. Caffey.
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TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: - 9780826354433
- 0826354432
- New Mexico -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- New Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1848-1950
- Politicians -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- History -- 19th century
- Businessmen -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- History -- 19th century
- Political culture -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- History -- 19th century
- Societies -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- History -- 19th century
- Political corruption -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century
- Power (Social sciences) -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century
- Land speculation -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century
- Land grants -- New Mexico -- History -- 19th century
- 978.9/04 23
- F801 .C27 2014
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.
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