“This is not a narrow biography focused on one man’s greatness in creating a university program; rather, it is a comprehensive study of UNM’s uneven development of its Latin American and Hispanic studies programs. . . . This book reinstates ∈Ortega’s∉ significance while adding to our knowledge of Spaniards in the United States.”—Cynthia E. Orozco, Southwestern Historical Quarterly
“ Joaquín Ortega: Forging Pan-Americanism at the University of New Mexico fills a void in the history of the University of New Mexico and the state by examining with a critical eye the tension between the university, its relationship with the Americas, and its mission for educating native Hispano New Mexicans.”—Miguel Gandert, author of Nuevo México Profundo: Rituals of an Indo-Hispano Homeland