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Michael Brescia

Professor, History | Curator, Ethnohistory | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Curator | Head, Research - Arizona State Museum

Arizona State Museum

Grants(3)

Learning to Dig
2018·$4K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
machine learning, archaeology, education, exploration, geology
Revealing Arizona in Early American History: The Papers of Charles W. Polzer, S.J.
2017·$4K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
arizona history, american history, charles w. polzer, early american history, papers collection
Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera
2011·$5K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
border studies, culture, geography, migration, identity

Publications(11)

Recent

Cultura entre la muchedumbre y el rincón solitario

2022

cultural studies, social psychology, sociology, anthropology, urban studies

The Long View of Arizona History

2022

arizona history, historical perspective, long-term trends, cultural heritage, societal development

“El régimen del derecho antiguo mexicano en Estados Unidos: El relato del billonario, los surfistas y el conflicto entre la propiedad privada y el acceso público a la playa.” The Old Mexican Law Regimen in the United States: The Story of the Billionaire, Surfers, and the Conflict between Private Property and Public Beach Access)

2020

legal systems, property rights, public access, cultural heritage, social conflict

Libraries at the Intersection of Las Dos Majestades in Colonial Mexico: The Biblioteca Palafoxiana as Emblem of Change and Continuity from Habsburg to Bourbon Rule.

2020

colonial mexico, biblioteca palafoxiana, habsburg, bourbon rule, libraries

Natural Resources and the Law in Hispanic Arizona: The Babocomari Ranch and the Living Legacies of the Gadsden Purchase

2016

natural resources, law, arizona, hispanic, gadsden purchase

The Spanish Element in Western Water Law: Views from Arizona

2015

water law, western us, spanish influence, arizona, cultural heritage

Guest Editor of the Special Issue, The Historian as Expert Witness

2015

historiography, expert testimony, academic publishing, legal history, historical evidence

Bridging Troubled Waters: Historians, Natural Resources, and the Expert Witness Phenomenon

2015

historians, natural resources, expert witness, conflict resolution, environmental litigation

Agrarian Lifeways and Judicial Transitions for Hispanic Families in Anglo California: Sources for Legal History in the Autry National Center of the American West

2015

agrarian lifeways, judicial transitions, hispanic families, legal history, archival sources

The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art. WILLIAM FIELD, executive director; ROBIN FARWELL GAVIN, chief curator; PATRICIA PRICE, curator of education; http:www.spanishcolonial.org/

2007