Chasing the Santa Fe Ring Chasing the Santa Fe Ring

Chasing the Santa Fe Ring

Power and Privilege in Territorial New Mexico

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Beschreibung des Verlags

Anyone who has even a casual acquaintance with the history of New Mexico in the nineteenth century has heard of the Santa Fe Ring—seekers of power and wealth in the post–Civil War period famous for public corruption and for dispossessing land holders. Surprisingly, however, scholars have alluded to the Ring but never really described this shadowy entity, which to this day remains a kind of black hole in New Mexico’s territorial history. David Caffey looks beyond myth and symbol to explore its history. Who were its supposed members, and what did they do to deserve their unsavory reputation? Were their actions illegal or unethical? What were the roles of leading figures like Stephen B. Elkins and Thomas B. Catron? What was their influence on New Mexico’s struggle for statehood?

Caffey’s book tells the story of the rise and fall of this remarkably durable alliance.

GENRE
Geschichte
ERSCHIENEN
2014
15. März
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
336
Seiten
VERLAG
University of New Mexico Press
GRÖSSE
5
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