When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away
HistoryMarriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846
Ramon A. Gutierrez
Award Winner
1992: Spain & America in the Quincent.
1st prize in the 1992 Spain & America in the Quincent. Award, sponsored by the Program of Cooperation of the Spanish Ministry of Culture & the Cultural Office of the Spanish Embassy in the U.S.
1992: LASA Bryce Wood Book Award
Honorable Mention in the 1992 LASA Bryce Wood Book Award, sponsored by the Latin American Studies Association.
1992: John Hope Franklin Prize
Winner of the 1992 John Hope Franklin Prize, sponsored by the John Hope Franklin Publication Prize Committee.
February 1991
424 Pages
Paperback ISBN: 9780804718325
Ebook ISBN: 9780804766029
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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.
