"In 1513, when Ponce de Leon stepped ashore on a beach of what is now Florida, Spain gained its first foothold in North America. For the next three hundred years, Spaniards ranged through the continent building forts to defend strategic places, missions to proselytize Indians, and farms, ranches, and towns to reconstruct a familiar Iberian world. This engagingly written and well-illustrated book presents an up-to-date overview of the Spa ..."
Myth and the History of the Hispanic Southwest(1st Edition) (Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History and Culture Series) by DavidJ. Weber Paperback, 191 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-1194-8, ISBN: 0-8263-1194-6
"These essays explore the common roots of myth and history. Going back to the earliest Spanish explorers of the Southwest, Weber looks at some of the myths that informed the thought of Coronado and Fray Marcos de Niza. He then discusses the practice of history and the influence on historiography of such respected scholars as Bannon, Bolton, and Turner. Students of that area of southwestern history known as borderlands studies will find t ..."
"The quarter-century of Mexican sovereignty over the land that is today the American Southwest was a period of turmoil and transition. Between 1821 and 1846, Mexico City's ties to the far northern frontier were steadily weakened by domestic political and social strife as well as by foreign economic encroachment. The gradual loss of social and economic links and the eventual lapse of political allegiance is perceptively reinterpreted from ..."
The Taos Trappers(Reprint) The Fur Trade in the Far Southwest, 1540–1846 by DavidJ. Weber Paperback, 228 Pages, Published 1980 by University Of Oklahoma Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-1702-7, ISBN: 0-8061-1702-8
"Taos Trappers In this comprehensive history, David J. Weber draws on Spanish, Mexican, and American sources to describe the development of the Taos trade and the early penetration of the area by French and American trappers. Within this borderlands region, colorful characters such as Ewing Young, Kit Carson, Peg-leg Smith, and the Robidoux brothers pioneered new trails to the Colorado Basin, the Gila River, and the Pacific and contribut ..."
First Impressions A Reader's Journey to Iconic Places of the American Southwest (The Lamar Series in Western History) by DavidJ. Weber, William Debuys Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2017 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-21504-5, ISBN: 0-300-21504-5
"A guide to the history and culture of the American Southwest, as told through early encounters with fifteen iconic sites This unique guide for literate travelers in the American Southwest tells the story of fifteen iconic sites across Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and southern Colorado through the eyes of the explorers, missionaries, and travelers who were the first non-natives to describe them. Noted borderlands historians David ..."
Bárbaros(1st Edition) Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment (The Lamar Series in Western History) by Professor DavidJ. Weber, Dj Weber Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2006 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-11991-6, ISBN: 0-300-11991-7
"A majestic exploration of Bourbon Spain’s efforts to come to terms with the native peoples of the Americas, from Argentina to AlaskaTwo centuries after Cortés and Pizarro seized the Aztec and Inca empires, Spain’s conquest of America remained unfinished. Indians retained control over most of the lands in Spain’s American empire. Mounted on horseback, savvy about European ways, and often possessing firearms, independent Indians continued ..."
Where Cultures Meet(1st Edition) Frontiers in Latin American History (Jaguar Books on Latin America) by DavidJ. Weber, Jane M. Rausch, Rausch/Weber Paperback, 278 Pages, Published 1997 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8420-2478-5, ISBN: 0-8420-2478-6
"In Where Cultures Meet, editors Weber and Rausch have collected twenty essays that explore how the frontier experience has helped create Latin American national identities and institutions. Using 'frontier' to mean more than 'border,' Weber and Rausch regard frontiers as the geographic zones of interaction between distinct cultures. Each essay in the volume illuminates the recipro-cal influences of the 'pioneer' culture and the 'frontie ..."
"In 1513, when Ponce de Leon stepped ashore on a beach of what is now Florida, Spain gained its first foothold in North America. For the next 300 years, Spaniards ranged through the continent building forts, missions and farms, ranches and towns to reconstruct the Iberian world. This illustrated book presents an overview of the Spanish colonial period in North America. It provides an account not only of the Spaniards' impact on the lives ..."
"Most recent writing about Mexican Americans deals only with the twentieth century. This book provides the much-needed historical perspective that is essential for a full understanding of the present. Dozens of selections from firsthand accounts, introduced by the editor's knowledgeable essays capture the flavor and mood of the Mexican American experience in the Southwest from the time the first pioneers came north from Mexico. The firs ..."
"Most writing about Mexican Americans deals only with the twentieth century. This book provides the much-needed historical perspective that is essential for a full understanding of the present. Dozens of selections from firsthand accounts, introduced by David J Weber's essays, capture the essence of the Mexican-American experience in the Southwest from the time the first pioneers came north from Mexico. PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: The ..."
"What caused the Pueblo revolt of 1680? This now-famous revolt marked the end of 80 years of peaceful coexistence between Spaniards and Pueblos; historians have long struggled to understand the complex reasons for the sudden and dramatic breakdown of relations. In this volume, 5 historians examine the factors that led to the unprecedented collaboration among tribes separated by distance, language, and historic rivalries that resulted in ..."
The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846(1st Edition) The American Southwest Under Mexico (Histories of the American Frontier (Hardcover)) by DavidJ. Weber Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 1982 by University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-0602-9, ISBN: 0-8263-0602-0
"The quarter-century of Mexican sovereignty over the land that is today the American Southwest was a period of turmoil and transition. Between 1821 and 1846, Mexico City's ties to the far northern frontier were steadily weakened by domestic political and social strife as well as by foreign economic encroachment. The gradual loss of social and economic links and the eventual lapse of political allegiance is perceptively reinterpreted from ..."
"In 1513, when Ponce de Leon stepped ashore on a beach of what is now Florida, Spain gained its first foothold in North America. For the next 300 years, Spaniards ranged through the continent building forts, missions and farms, ranches and towns to reconstruct the Iberian world. This illustrated book presents an overview of the Spanish colonial period in North America. It provides an account not only of the Spaniards' impact on the lives ..."
"This is the first comprehensive text on the methodological issues in epidemiologic research on infectious diseases. It will be an invaluable resource both to students of epidemiology and to established researchers. The authors address such questions as: What needs to be considered when enrolling participants in a study of sexually transmitted diseases? What are common sources of measurement error in population-based studies of respirato ..."
"Few copies of the original 1834 edition of this volume are known to exist today. It is more than just a rare book, though; it is also a unique item of Southwestern Americana that defies classification as reminiscence, fiction, or poetry, for it is all of these. In these literary forms Albert Pike became New Mexico's first Anglo-American short story writer and poet, and the narrative portion of his book is one of the earliest American tr ..."
"Since its first publication in 1847 alongside books by George Ruxton, Joel Palmer, and John T. Hughes, The Lost Trappers has presented historians with a fascinating riddle. Its author, a Presbyterian minister named David Holmes Coyner (1807-1892), billed the book as a true narrative of the wanderings of trapper Ezekiel Williams. According to Coyner, Williams led twenty trappers up the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains in 1807. One y ..."
"As late as mid-1941 the two territories of Alaska and Hawaii were little known by most Americans. Alaska was seen as a frozen wasteland and Hawaii, an exotic outpost in the mid-Pacific with a multi-racial, particularly Asian, population. The bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941 and the capture of two Aleutian Islands in 1942 made the two territories central theaters of World War II. Thousands of Americans came to know Alaska and Hawai ..."
"Professor Myres gives frontier women a voice they never had. She uses extensive source material by and about women--letters, journals, and reminiscences from over 400 collections--to study the impact of the frontier on women's lives and the role of women in the West. She offers a major reinterpretation of the experience of pioneer women, including that of Indian, Mexican, French, black, and Anglo-American women. The account recreates in ..."
Out of the Dark(1st Edition) by DavidJ. Weber Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2010 by Tor Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-2412-2, ISBN: 0-7653-2412-1
" Amazon Exclusive: A Q&A with Author David Weber Q: Out of the Dark is an expansion of the novella you wrote for the Warriors anthology. What made you decide to turn the story into a full length novel? Weber: There were several reasons, really. One was that I really liked the story and felt that in the novella Iâd been forced to neglect too much of the rest of what was happening elsewhere on the planet in my concentration on Stephen ..."