We Come as Friends: Violent Social Conflict in New Mexico, 1810-1910

Author

Tobias Duran

Publication Date

5-2-1985

Abstract

The focus of this work is on four major forms of violent social conflict: popular protest, racial and ethnic hostilities, vigilante activity, and political assassinations. The quest to define the social and historical context in which these events took place guided the inquiry. An explanation of the nineteenth century social setting would partially account for the transformations occurring during that time: the uprooting of a society, transitions in social institutions, and the imposition of a different rule of law, as ideology and as instrument of control. Consequently these developments generated social conflict.

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

American Studies

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

American Studies

First Committee Member (Chair)

Robert William Kern

Second Committee Member

Patrick Hayes McNamara

Third Committee Member

David R. Maciel

Fourth Committee Member

Joel M. Jones

Recommended Citation

Duran, Tobias. "We Come as Friends: Violent Social Conflict in New Mexico, 1810-1910." (1985). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/65