num_pages: 424
description: 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.
language: English
title: When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846
titlecomplete: When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846
genres: Native American History, History, Anthropology, American History, Religion, The Americas, Grad School, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Family
ratings_count: 283
places: New Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Frederick Jackson Turner Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: John Hope Franklin Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: James A. Rawley Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Bryce Wood Book Award
category: Honorable mention
publisher: Stanford University Press