{"product_id":"politica-9780803284654","title":"Política","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a stunning revisionist understanding of the early political incorporation of Mexican-origin peoples into the US body politic in the nineteenth century. Historical sociologist Phillip B. Gonzales reexamines the fundamental issue in New Mexico’s history, namely, the dramatic shift in national identities initiated by Nuevomexicanos when their province became ruled by the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With the knowledge that this book focuses on the first thirty years of the American period of New Mexico history, historians will find \u003ci\u003ePolítica\u003c\/i\u003e a detailed and valuable contribution to our understanding of \u003ci\u003eNuevomexicanos\u003c\/i\u003e that expands our horizons beyond the previous political histories of \u003ci\u003eAmericano\u003c\/i\u003e leaders in this same era.\"—Cameron L. Saffell, \u003ci\u003eSouthwestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gonzales has produced a comprehensive discussion of politics in New Mexico and the linkages between territorial and national politics.\"—Evan C. Rothera, \u003ci\u003eCivil War Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePolitica\u003c\/i\u003e is an extremely valuable book and should be added to the library of any scholar who is serious about studying New Mexican history.\"—Michael J. Alarid, H-NewMexico\u003cbr\u003e“This groundbreaking study of political activities in New Mexico during two decades before and after the Civil War reexamines the transition from Mexican to U.S. control. The result is a first-rate analysis that reinterprets colonization, reconstructs Euro-American and Nuevomexicano relations, and rewrites the prevailing historical narrative.”—David V. Holtby, author of \u003ci\u003eForty-Seventh Star: New Mexico’s Struggle for Statehood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Gonzales offers us a fascinating glimpse into the yearnings and actions of New Mexico’s \u003ci\u003epoliticos\u003c\/i\u003e in the years following the United States’ war with Mexico. Far from being mere victims of conquest, these politicos were astute agents of power who shaped the political system and pioneered Latino politics in the United States.”—John Nieto-Phillips, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Blood: The Making of Spanish-American Identity in New Mexico, 1880s–1930s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations    \u003cbr\u003e List of Maps    \u003cbr\u003e List of Tables    \u003cbr\u003e Preface    \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003e Introduction    \u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Initializing Annexation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Nuevomexicano Politics and Society on the Eve of the American Conquest    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Bloodless and Bloody Conquests, 1846–1847    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Integrative Conquest, 1847–1848    \u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Política in the Ante Bellum\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. A Budding Binary, 1848–1852    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Mexican Democratic Party, 1853–1854    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. American Democratic Party, 1854–1859    \u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Party Modalities in the Time of Civil War\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Low Tide in the Partisan Divide, 1861    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Republican Toehold and the Partisan Normal, 1861–1863    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Bosque Redondo and the Rise of José Francisco Chávez, 1863–1865    \u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Political Agonism under Reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Party Definitions of the Colonizer, 1865–1867    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. Política Judaica e Literaria    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. A Contest for the Ages, 1867–1868    \u003cbr\u003e Part 5. Arriving\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. Republican Party Debut, 1867–1868    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. Steady Republicans, Hazy Democrats, 1869    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. Realized Political Parties, 1869–1871    \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions    \u003cbr\u003e Appendixes    \u003cbr\u003e Notes    \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography    \u003cbr\u003e Index    ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405283959127,"sku":"9780803284654","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803284654.jpg?v=1730489486","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/politica-9780803284654","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}