The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 85, July 1981 - April, 1982 Page: 455
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tions, completed since 1979 or in progress, related to literature, his-
tory, and culture of American West.
LOUISIANA
"Unmasking Mardi Gras (A Close-Up View of an Old New Orleans
Custom)," by Lorena Dureau, Amistad (Feb., 1981). Mistick Krewe
of Comus, Zulus, King Rex, bals masques, the Monarch of Merriment
and much more in this light account of Mardi Gras traditions and
customs.
NEW MEXICO
"The Independent Women of Hispanic New Mexico, 1821-1846,"
by Janet LeCompte, Western Historical Quarterly (Jan., 1981). Uses
contemporary diaries and alcalde records to show what life was like
for New Mexican women and what attitudes of American men and
women were toward them.
"Giant Before the Surveyor-General: The Land Career of Donaci-
ano Vigil," by Em Hall, Journal of the West (July, 1980). Spreads the
blame for land problems in New Mexico beyond Anglos.
"Governor Cuervo and the Beginnings of Albuquerque: Another
Look," by Marc Simmons; "Cultural Change on the Southwest Fron-
tier: Albuquerque Schooling, 1870-1895," by Charles D. Biebel;
"Albuquerque Congregationalists and Southwestern Social Reform,
1900oo-1917," by Margaret Connell Szasz; "Pictorial Albuquerque
(1880-1910)," by Byron A. Johnson and Robert K. Dauner; "Albu-
querque: A Selective Reading List," by Glenn R. Schwegmann and
Nancy M. Brown, New Mexico Historical Review (July, 1980). Cover
different aspects of Albuquerque history.
"Eve Ball," by Lynda A. Sanchez, New Mexico (Apr., 1981). Re-
counts the life of New Mexico author-an oral historian long before
it was popular-who did twenty years of research before beginning to
write her many books about the Southwest.
POLITICS
"Tennessee Whigs and the Mexican War," by B. H. Gilley, Tennes-
see Historical Quarterly (Spring, 1981). Discusses political develop-
ments leading to U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848, and why Tennessee
Whigs opposed that war.
"The Case for Private Property Rights and Market Allocations,"455
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