The nineteenth century: overview / David R. Maciel and Erlinda Gonzales-Berry -- New Mexico resistance to U.S. occupation during the Mexican American War of 1846-1848 / Carlos R. Herrera -- The return to Mexico: the relocation of New Mexican families to Chihuahua and the confirmation of a frontier region, 1848-1854 / Martín González de la Vara -- The peoples movement: las gorras blancas / Anselmo Arellano -- The twentieth century: overview / David R. Maciel and Erlinda Gonzales-Berry -- Spanish American ethnic identity and New Mexico's statehood struggle / John Nieto-Phillips -- Nuevo Mexico by any other name: creating a state from an ancestral homeland / Gabriel Meléndez -- Which language will our children speak?: the Spanish language and public education policy in New Mexico, 1890-1930 / Erlinda Gonzales-Berry -- The political development of New Mexico Hispanas / Maurilio Vigil -- The forgotten diaspora: Mexican immigration to New Mexico / María Rosa García-Acevedo -- La Plaza Vieja (Old Town Albuquerque): the transformation of an Hispano village, 1880s-1950s / Benny J. Andrés, Jr. -- La reconquista: the Chicano movement in New Mexico / David R. Maciel and Juan José Peña