Long lots in New Mexico and Texas: The French connection, 1693--1731.

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dc.contributor.advisorNostrand, Richard L.,en_US
dc.contributor.authorRoth, Jeffery Edwin.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-16T12:19:38Z
dc.date.available2013-08-16T12:19:38Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.description.abstractLong lots are linear or rectangular agricultural fields, so configured to give access to water courses or roads. They exist in France and where French people settled in North America, primarily Quebec and Louisiana. They are rarely found in Spain or New Spain including Mexico; however, they came to exist among Spanish people on New Spain's northern frontier in New Mexico and Texas. My purpose is to marshal the historical evidence to show that long lots diffused from Frenchmen to New Mexico after 1693 and to San Antonio after 1731. Circumstantial evidence demonstrates that diffusion rather than independent invention provides the most likely explanation for the presence of long lots in early New Mexico and Texas.en_US
dc.format.extentix, 147 leaves :en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/831
dc.noteAdviser: Richard L. Nostrand.en_US
dc.noteSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-01, Section: A, page: 0294.en_US
dc.subjectGeography.en_US
dc.subjectTexas Historical geography.en_US
dc.subjectLand subdivision New Mexico.en_US
dc.subjectNew Mexico Historical geography.en_US
dc.subjectLand subdivision Texas.en_US
dc.subjectHistory, United States.en_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineDepartment of Geography and Environmental Sustainabilityen_US
dc.titleLong lots in New Mexico and Texas: The French connection, 1693--1731.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ou.groupCollege of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences::Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
ou.identifier(UMI)AAI3161637en_US

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