Making the Desert Bloom: whites and Mexicans in the agricultural development of the Salt River Valley, 1867-1930

abstract: The Phoenix area had no sizable Mexican presence before the U.S. took over the territory. Some assumed that the region was founded completely by whites from the outset. Whites and Mexicans actually held nearly equal populations throughout the first two decades of settlement. Though they di...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Walker, Scott Archie (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14843