Changing National Identities at the Frontier
Subtitle: Texas and New Mexico, 18001850
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 13, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780521543194
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; c 1800 to c 1900; New Mexico; History - U.S.; United States - State & Local - General; To 1848; History: American; Texas; Social aspects; United States - 19th Century/Old West; United States - State & Local - Southwest; United States - State & Local - West; History / United States / 19th Century; History - General History; United States - 19th Century; Frontier and pioneer life; History; Mexican War, 1846-1848; To 1846
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