University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository History ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations Spring 4-10-2017 The L. & H. Huning Mercantile Company: A Case Study of Mercantile Conquest in the Rio Abajo Region of New Mexico, 1848-1880 Ricardo S. Gonzales University of New Mexico Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds Part of the Economic History Commons, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Commons, Military History Commons, and the Social History Commons Recommended Citation Gonzales, Ricardo S.. "The L. & H. Huning Mercantile Company: A Case Study of Mercantile Conquest in the Rio Abajo Region of New Mexico, 1848-1880." (2017). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/164 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in History ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Ricardo “Rico” Santos Gonzales Candidate History Department This thesis is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Thesis Committee: Durwood Ball, Chairperson Jason Scott Smith Paul Andrew Hutton Richard Melzer THE L. & H. HUNING MERCANTILE COMPANY: A CASE STUDY OF MERCANTILE CONQUEST IN THE RIO ABAJO REGION OF NEW MEXICO, 1848–1880 By Ricardo “Rico” Santos Gonzales B.A., Philosophy, cum laude, University of New Mexico, 2009 THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts History The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico May, 2017 Acknowledgements I wish to thank my thesis advisor, Dr.