When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846 - Softcover

Gutierrez, Ramon A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804718326 ISBN 13: 9780804718325

Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This social history of one remote corner of Spain's colonial American empire uses marriage as a window into intimate social relations, examining the Spanish conquest of America and its impact on a group of indigenous peoples, the Pueblo Indians, seen in large part from their point of view.

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This social history of one remote corner of Spain's colonial American empire uses marriage as a window into intimate social relations, examining the Spanish conquest of America and its impact on a group of indigenous peoples, the Pueblo Indians, seen in large part from their point of view.

Review

'A hypnotizing study of the encounter between Indians and Europeans in New Mexico and of the formation of a colonial society, When Jesus Came is not 'lite' history. It is as theoretically sophisticated and as thoroughly researched as academic history gets. Gutierrez's work is proof that historians can have it both ways, meeting scholarly standards while also offering stories and ideas to capture the interests of a wider audience.'Patricia Nelson Limerick, The New York Times Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804718326
• ISBN 13: 9780804718325
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277