Struggle for survival: The hispanic land grants of New Mexico, 1848-2001

Agricultural History

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-324

  Gonzales, Phillip B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON LAND; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND RIGHTS; LANDOWNERSHIP; TENURE SYSTEM;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038209085     PISSN: 00021482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ah.2003.77.2.293     Document Type: Article

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