Donaciano Vigil: The Life of a Nuevomexicano Soldier, Statesman, and Territorial Governor

by Maurilio E. Vigil, Helene Boudreau

Overview

In this gripping biography of a remarkable man, Maurilio E. Vigil and Helene Boudreau fill the gap within the scholarship on Hispanics in nineteenth-century New Mexico.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826366382
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	04/01/2024
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Maurilio E. Vigil is a professor emeritus at New Mexico Highlands University. He is the author or coauthor of Hispanics in American Politics: The Search for Political Power, Hispanics in Congress: A Historical and Political Survey, New Mexico Government and Politics, and The Hispanics of New Mexico: Essays on History and Culture.

Helene Boudreau teaches courses in history and political science at New Mexico Highlands University. Her scholarly research includes the political and historical study of charter schools in New Mexico and the sociological implications of prosecuting juveniles as adults.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction

Chapter One. Spanish Origins: Donaciano Vigil as a Link in the Chain of New Mexico History
Chapter Two. New Mexico Beckons: Restoring the Colony
Chapter Three. Conditions in Santa Fe During Donaciano's Youth
Chapter Four. The Soldier
Chapter Five. A Political Leader in the Department of New Mexico under the Mexican Regime
Chapter Six. The Winds of War in North America
Chapter Seven. An American Political Leader: Preserving a Civil Government amid an Insurrection
Chapter Eight. The Formalization of the American Territorial Civil Government of New Mexico
Chapter Nine. At Last, the Territory of New Mexico: The Legal, Political, and Cultural Transformation
Chapter Ten. Assault on a Giant, Part I: Donaciano Vigil and Spanish/Mexican/Pueblo Land Grants
Chapter Eleven. Assault on a Giant, Part II: The Los Trigos Land Grant
Chapter Twelve. Assault on a Giant, Part III: The Cruzate Land Grants

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

The volume presents the life of Donaciano Vigil and sheds valuable light on the Spanish settlement of New Mexico, the institutional character of Mexican New Mexico, the experience of New Mexico becoming a part of the United States, and early aspects of the American Territory of New Mexico.—Phillip B. Gonzales, author of Poliítica: Nuevomexicanos and American Political Incorporation, 1821-1910

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