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The Development Of The Public Schools In New Mexico Between 1848 And 1900, Thomas J. Mayfield Jr.
The Development Of The Public Schools In New Mexico Between 1848 And 1900, Thomas J. Mayfield Jr.
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The conditions of New Mexico and its time of annexation to the United States were different from most other territories that had been added. The population was composed almost entirely of Spanish descent and Indians. Their customs and ideas of church and state differed completely from those of the American subjects. The climatic and geographic conditions of the territory caused the living conditions to be entirely different. The problem in this study is to show how these conditions affected the educational development and how many obstacles were overcome in establishing a system of public schools. The legal status of the …