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The biography of Casimiro Barela / by José Emilio Fernández ; translated, annotated, and new introduction by A. Gabriel Meléndez.
- Title
- The biography of Casimiro Barela / by José Emilio Fernández ; translated, annotated, and new introduction by A. Gabriel Meléndez.
- Author
- Fernández, José Emilio, 1882-
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | F781.B232 F47 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Meléndez, A. Gabriel (Anthony Gabriel)
- Description
- liv, 298 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "First published in Spanish in 1911, this little-known biography of a late nineteenth and early twentieth century Colorado legislator is significant not just as an account of an accomplished politicians's career, but as the story of a life shaped by issues of race and class. Barela was born in New Mexico just before it became a U.S. territory, and his biography appeared just before New Mexico attained statehood. His biographer, clearly promoting Barela as a regional success story, writes of the inclusion of his portrait among those of fifteen other prominent Coloradans in the state capitol rotunda, of his defense of Mexicano land grants, his membership in Anglo-dominated civic associations, his work in establishing Baca County in recognition of Hispanic pioneers in southern Colorado, his promotion of the Columbus Day holiday, his call for the return of war trophies taken from Mexico, and his collaboration with Mexico's Diaz dynasty. In Colorado Barela supported women's suffrage and commuted the death sentence for a Hispano prisoner found guilty of murder. He also passed legislation to force Colorado prisoners to work in construction crews to build state roads. On the personal level, we learn of Barela's penchant for raising racehorses and his preoccupation over not leaving a male heir."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Cuarenta años de legislador. English
- Alternative Title
- Cuarenta años de legislador.
- Subjects
- Colorado > General Assembly > Senate > Biography
- Trinidad Region (Colo.) > Biography
- Barela, Casimiro
- Trinidad Region (Colo.) > History > 20th century
- Colorado > Politics and government > 1876-1950
- Hispanic American legislators > Colorado > Biography
- Legislators > Colorado > Biography
- Colorado > Ethnic relations
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographial references (p. 296-298).
- ISBN
- 0826328806 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003018069
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries