Spanish pathways
Subtitle: readings in the history of Hispanic New Mexico
By: Marc Simmons.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- History.; Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- Social conditions.; Hispanic Americans -- New Mexico -- Social life and customs.; New Mexico -- History.; New Mexico -- Social life and customs.; New Mexico -- Ethnic relations.
Description: "Historian Marc Simmons is already a favorite among scholars, students, Hispanophiles, and borderlands enthusiasts for his careful, readable histories of the American Southwest. In the twelve essays collected in Spanish Pathways, Simmons's topical, in-depth approach to New Mexico's colonial period is skillfully deployed.

His original research and unique insights transform New Mexico's colonial history into an engaging story of real people and the real events that shaped their lives - a true journey of discovery. Simmons finds in the commonplace moments of everyday life ways to place the reader fully within the realities of the past.

Immersion in details permits us to understand the behavior and character of a people and the true tenor of their times: how the average person lived and played, how he or she made economic choices, how worship and religious concerns were integrated into daily life." "Spanish Pathways covers such topics as the Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico sheep and cattle ranching, Spanish irrigation practices, the settlement of Albuquerque, the smallpox epidemic of 1780-81, and the Feast of St. John."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Pueblo Revolt: why did it happen?; title: Misery as a factor in colonial life; title: The founding of Albuquerque: another look; title: Colonial physicians; title: The Great Smallpox Epidemic, 1780-1781; title: Origins of public health; title: Attempts to open a New Mexico-Sonora Road; title: The rise of cattle ranching; title: Water that runs in ditches; title: St. John's Day, remnant of an ancient festival; title: The Spanish exiles.