Description
In this two-session class, historian Robert Tórrez reviews the long and eventful history of New Mexico from the thirteenth century through the beginnings of the US territorial period. In session one, Tórrez covers the Early Pueblo period through the first century of Spanish settlement. In the second session, he reviews the eighteenth and nineteenth century Spanish and Mexican periods.
Robert Tórrez is a native New Mexican who served as the state historian from 1987-2000. He has researched New Mexico archives for decades. He is the author of several books and has contributed chapters to nearly two dozen anthologies and textbooks.