Research Catalog

Let there be towns : Spanish municipal origins in the American Southwest, 1610-1810

Title
  1. 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
  1. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1988.
Author
  1. Cruz, Gilberto Rafael.

Items in the library and off-site

Filter by

Displaying 1 item

StatusFormatAccessCall numberItem location
Status
Request for on-site useRequest scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
FormatTextAccessUse in libraryCall numberJS440 .C78 1988Item locationOff-site

Details

Description
  1. xvii, 236 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  1. To 1848
  2. Municipal government > Southwest, New > History
  3. Cities and towns > Southwest, New > History
  4. Spaniards > Southwest, New > History
  5. Cities and towns
  6. Municipal government
  7. Spaniards
  8. Stadt
  9. Stadtverwaltung
  10. Steden
  11. Oorsprong
  12. Geschichte (1610-1810)
  13. Geschichte (1610-1810)Stadt
  14. Southwest, New > History > To 1848
  15. New Southwest
  16. United States, Texas > Colonization
  17. United States, New Mexico > Colonization
  18. United States, California > Colonization
  19. Mexiko > Nordwest
  20. Nordamerika > Südwest
  21. Spanien
  22. USA > Südweststaaten
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 214-227.