Let there be towns : Spanish municipal origins in the American Southwest, 1610-1810
- Title
- Let there be towns : Spanish municipal origins in the American Southwest, 1610-1810 / Gilbert R. Cruz ; foreword by Donald C. Cutter ; [contemporary maps researched and drawn by Chester B. Davis].
- Published by
- College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1988.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 236 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- To 1848
- Municipal government > Southwest, New > History
- Cities and towns > Southwest, New > History
- Spaniards > Southwest, New > History
- Cities and towns
- Municipal government
- Spaniards
- Stadt
- Stadtverwaltung
- Steden
- Oorsprong
- Geschichte (1610-1810)
- Geschichte (1610-1810)Stadt
- Southwest, New > History > To 1848
- New Southwest
- United States, Texas > Colonization
- United States, New Mexico > Colonization
- United States, California > Colonization
- Mexiko > Nordwest
- Nordamerika > Südwest
- Spanien
- USA > Südweststaaten
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Contents
- The Iberian municipal tradition in New Spain -- Santa Fe : the first capital in the continental United States -- El Paso : a strategic town in New Mexico -- San Antonio : early municipal foundings in Texas -- Laredo : origins of a South Texas municipality -- San Jose and Los Angeles : town settlements in Californian -- The civilian settlers : life on the Northern Frontier -- The Cabildo : guardian of justice and social order in the borderlands -- Spanish municipalities in Northern American history.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 214-227.