Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: In 1921 Herbert Eugene Bolton defined a new arena for historical investigation called the Spanish borderlands. 1 The publication of Bolton's works and those of his students in subsequent years awakened scholars to the importance of the Mexican frontier as a historical bridge between Anglo and Latin America.Bolton's pioneering work set in motion historiographic movements that have taken unforeseen directions.From the beginning, the history of the Spanish borderlands lacked a well-defined geographic focus and a unified thematic development.Research and teaching in the field up to the publication of John Bannon's Spanish Borderlands Frontier in 1960 had expanded to include the study of the Spanish explorations and settlements of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.fIt was not clear whether this area should be conceived of primarily as an extension of Mexican history or as part of North American or U.S. history.
Source: Latin American Research Review
Author: Richard Griswold del Castillo
Institution: San Diego State University
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4312844770