Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Origins and Sources of a Mexican National Symbol, 1531-1797
"The most complete and thorough study of the Guadalupan tradition to date, this is also an outstanding representative of the historian's art. It sensitively probes every available reference to the devotion and apparition stories related to the Lady of Guadalupe Shrine near Mexico City. . . . Perhaps what makes this work most interesting to a wide audience of Latin Americanists and scholars in general is Poole's analysis of how the stories got interpreted and used by different groups over time. . . . Highly recommended for every sort of library." —Choice"Poole does the impressive job of relating the story of every major document of these formative three centuries.  He highlights the relevant aspects of these sources, listing and describing the innumerable manuscripts, together with the events and personalities of the time. . . . This study is the most thorough and daring of its kind available in any language." —America