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The Quaker, the Primitivist, and the Progressive: Three Cultural Brokers in New Mexico's Quest for Multicultural Harmony

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2010

Lynne M. Getz
Lynne M. Getz
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Appalachian State University
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New Mexicans pride themselves on their ability to bridge multicultural divides. Part of what we are urged to understand as “enchanting” about the Land of Enchantment is its diverse cultural background. Native American, Hispano, and Anglo have existed side by side, at times with remarkable harmony and good will, for nearly two centuries. The Land of Enchantment is not altogether a fantasy. Many New Mexicans have shown an uncanny ability to bridge ethnic divides and find common ground in the interstices between cultures. The soil of New Mexico seems to be fertile ground indeed for producing cultural brokers. Margaret Connell Szasz admits that living in New Mexico makes her particularly attuned to the role of the cultural broker.

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The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , April 2010 , pp. 243 - 256
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Copyright © Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 2001

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