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The Career Of Félix Martínez De Torrelaguna: Soldier, Presidio Commander, And Governor Of New Mexico 1693-1726, Ted J. Warner

History ETDs

This dissertation will describe the career of Don Felix Martinez de Torrelaguna, an important figure in New Mexico history for some thirty years following the reconquest of this region in by Don Diego de Vargas in the 1690's. During the period from 1693 to 1717 Martinez served at intervals as soldier and officer in the Santa Fe and El Paso presidios, as agent in Mexico for the Santa Fe garrison, as commander of this presidio, and as governor of the province. After his removal as governor in 1717, he spent eight years in the viceregal capital seeking to be exonerated …

Smallpox Inoculation Controversy In Norfolk: 1768-1776, Eileen M. Joganic

History ETDs

The story of the small pox inoculation controversy in Norfolk could best be told if considered in the context of the times. It was therefore necessary to examine the prevailing medical theories in the eighteenth century, the progress of inoculation in America after its introduction in 1721, and the social, political, and economic conditions of Virginia in the decade that the controversy ensued. Only after this background was established was it possible to understand fully the reaction of certain Norfolkians against inoculation, and the reasons why this reaction occurred.

British Trade In West Florida, 1763-1783, John Dewey Born Jr.

History ETDs

Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 the territorial holdings of Great Britain were increased in several areas of North America; among them was the province of West Florida. It was, however, shortly after what Lawrence Henry Gipson chooses to call "The Great War for the Empire" that the English colonials in the eastern section of North America began to agitate against what they considered to be repressive British economic measures. The familiar story of these events which led to the American Revolution has been written with varying interpretations by scholarly historians. These narratives, almost without exception, …

Vasco De Quiroga And His Pueblo-Hospitals Of Santa Fe, Fintan Benedict Warren O. F. M.

History ETDs

Vasco de Quiroga, one of the truly great figures sent from Spain to New Spain in the sixteenth century, stands out for his contributions to the political ecclesiastical, and social development of Mexico. He was sent to the New World by the Spanish crown as a member of the Second Audienoia of Mexico in an effort to straighten out the confusion and turmoil which had resulted from ten years of struggling factionalism in the young colony and from the disastrous regime of Nuflo de Guzman and his companies of the First Audienoia.

The Non-Intervention Principle: The Theory And Practice In The Americas From 1948 To Present, Joseph Ferrer

History ETDs

This research is aimed at an analytical study of the non-intervention principle as established in the Charter of Bogata, and of the new alternative of collective action, initiated at Buenos Aires in 1936, and consolidated and strengthened in the Rio Treaty of 1947. The study of the theory of non-intervention is followed by an historical-analytical review of its import in the Americas from 1948 to the present, employing mainly the case-study method.

New Mexico's Troubled Years, Calvin Horn

UNM Historical Documents

Foreword

The history of New Mexico is a distillation of the American experience. It provides striking evidence of the truth of Walt Whitman's dictum: "Here is not merely a nation but a teeming Nation of nations." For New Mexico offers a compact illustration of the way a diver­sity of races and cultures pooled their traditions and skills to build an American state—and, in doing so, displayed im­pressive qualities of courage and resourcefulness.

New Mexico's history goes back many centuries to the time when the Pueblo Indians, confronted by drought, dis­ease and hostile tribes, developed a civilization only a little less …

The Mesta In New Spain, 1537-1600, Keith Algier

History ETDs

One of man's most consistent patterns of behavior is the tendency to associate himself with other individuals who have common interests or needs. Some associations are formed to provide protection for the individual, others are organized for the purposes of worship, and still others take more frivolous forms. Many associations in our own society are designed to promote the economic self-interest of their numbers, and it is with an institution of this type that this study is concerned. The monarchs of medieval Castile organized and actively encouraged the development of an organization called the Mesta, a body which represented the …