Determining Historic Ethnic Changes in Sierra County and New Mexico 1870-2000

Sierra County and New Mexico share similar settlement patterns, however they are ethnically dissimilar in the present day. Using the methodology of surname analysis applied to historic census data, this thesis explores Sierra County and New Mexico in 1870 and 1930 to illustrate the differences between the past and the present. Results are displayed in tables and maps and show the ethnic differences between the counties in New Mexico and the precincts in Sierra County.

Name thesis:degree_name

Geography

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geography

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Mitchell, Destiny

Contributors dc:contributor

• Zandbergen, Paul
• Matthews, Olen Paul
• Lane, Maria

• Sierra County
• New Mexico
• Hispanic
• Historic Census Data
• Ethnicity
• Surname Analysis
• Geography
• Settlement History
• Southwest
• American West
• GIS

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/geog_etds/8

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:geog_etds-1007