Myth and the history of the Hispanic southwest essays
David J. Weber
- Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico Press 1988
- 179 p
- The Calvin P. Horn lectures in Western history and culture .
"University of New Mexico, November 8-11, 1987."
Introduction -- Reflections on Coronado and the myth of Quivira -- Fray Marcos de Niza and the historians -- Turner, the Boltonians, and the Spanish borderlands -- John Francis Bannon and the historiography of the Spanish borderlands: retrospect and prospect -- Mexico's far northern frontier, 1821-1854: Historiography askew -- "From hell itself": the Americanization of Mexico's northern frontier, 1821-1846 -- American westward expansion and the breakdown of relations between Pobladores and "Indios barbaros" on Mexico's far northern frontier, 1821-1846 -- Refighting the Alamo: mythmaking and the Texas revolution -- "Scarce more than apes": historial roots of Anglo-American stereotypes of Mexicans -- Index.
A collection of essays explores the complex ways that myth and history have interacted in the cultural memory of the Hispanic southwest.
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Historiography Historiography--Border Region Historiography--Southwest, New