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      London, England

      © 2012 by The Regents of the University of California

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Hurtado, Albert L., 1946–.

      Herbert Eugene Bolton : historian of the American borderlands / Albert L. Hurtado.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-0-520-27216-3 (cloth : alk. paper)

      1. Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870–1953. 2. Historians—United States—Biography. 3. Mexican-American Border Region—Historiography. 4. United States—Territorial expansion—Historiography. I. Title.

      E175.5.B66H87 2012

      907.2092—dc23

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      2011035056

      Manufactured in the United States of America

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       To the memory of David J. Weber

      CONTENTS

       List of Illustrations

       Acknowledgments

       A Note on Language

       Introduction: The Border Lord

       1. The Scholars’ Hard Road

       2. A Gathering at Lake Mendota

       3. Gone to Texas

       4. Many Roads to California

       5. In Stephens's Grove

       6. Foundations of Empire

       7. Teachers and Students—Worlds Apart

       8. Of Presidents and Politics

       9. Race, Place, and Heroes

       10. Exploration, Empire, and Patrimony

       11. The Grand Patriarch

       12. Bury My Heart at Corte Madera

       13. Western Revolt and Retirement

       14. Defending the Empire

       15. The Fading Pageant

       16. The Emperor Departs

       Afterword: The Debatable Legacy

       Abbreviations Used in the Notes

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       Figures follow page