| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Saionz, Matthew K
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| URN |
etd-05122011-121933 |
| Title |
'For the Hills of Santa Fe': The Texan Santa Fe Expedition of 1841 and the Southwest Market Economy |
| Degree |
Master of Arts |
| Department |
History |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Thorp, Daniel B. |
Committee Chair |
| Ewing, E. Thomas |
Committee Member |
| Hidalgo, Dennis R. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- Santa Fe
- Southwest
- Expedition
- Market
- Texas
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| Date of Defense |
2011-05-03 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This thesis examines the ill-fated Texan Santa Fe Expedition of 1841 to analyze the state of a lucrative market network in the Southwest. Cut off from Santa Fe, the hub of the network, Texas struggled economically as an independent nation. Commercially isolated and dealing with near- worthless paper money, Texans hoped that trade with the people of Santa Fe would divert wealth into their nation. To justify the expedition, Anglo-Texans used the rhetoric of Manifest Destiny and turned the trek into a liberation mission. Moreover, Texans desired an overland route to Santa Fe to attract merchants to their otherwise inactive ports. Texans invested much into the expedition both economically and culturally; however, the Texan Santa Fe Expedition ended in utter failure and convinced many Texans that annexation to the United States was the wiser path to take.
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