AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO [SOLD]

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO

By Thomas E. Chavez, Director, Palace of the Governors Museum, Santa Fe

Published by University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado

Hardback with slip cover, first edition 1992, 253 pages, profusely illustrated with historic photographs

“For thousands of years, various cultures have filtered into the high, beautiful region of the Southwest known today as New Mexico.  From the early Folsom and Clovis people, through the Mogollon, Anasazi, Pueblo, Hispanic, Mexican, and other cultures, each has adapted to the land.

“New Mexico has become a cosmopolitan society of many nationalities and ethnicities, yet all who live there today have been influenced by those who have come before, giving way to the distinctive New Mexican culture that has taken form.

“An Illustrated History of New Mexico combines more than two hundred rare photographs with numerous quotes and a concise history to create an engaging panoramic view of New Mexico’s fascinating past.

‘“This book is not intended to feed the reader with information as it is to stimulate questions, connections, and ideas from the words and images of yesteryear’s New Mexicans,’ says Chavez of his book. ‘This is a very different way of looking at history.’

“Chavez’s unique volume presents New Mexico’s history in a way that will inform and enchant both the novice and scholar of western history interested in New Mexico’s largely undiscovered past.”

CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Those Who Were Here: Indians and Land Before Contact

Chapter 2. Conquistadores and Faith

Chapter 3. The Spanish Colonial Period

Chapter 4. Breaking Away from Spain and Mexico

Chapter 5. Territorial New Mexico After the Civil War

Chapter 6. Eventually a New State