Changing National Identities at the Frontier : Texas and New Mexico, 1800–1850 (Hardcover)

1. Carved spaces: Mexico's far north, the American southwest, or Indian domains?; 2. A nation made visible: patronage, power, and ritual; 3. The spirit of mercantile enterprise; 4. The Benediction of the Roman ritual; 5. The Texas Revolution and the not-so-secret history of shifting loyalties; 6. The fate of Governor Albino Perez; 7. State, market, and literary cultures; 8. New Mexico at the razor's edge.