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1 online resource (xxi, 348 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-329) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Origins of Crypto-Judaism on the Iberian Peninsula, 200 B.C.E.-1492; 2. The Crypto-Jewish Experience in New Spain, 1521-1649; 3. The Origins of the First Crypto-Jewish Settlement in New Mexico: Luis de Carvajal and the Failed Colony of Gaspar Castano de Sosa, 1579-1591; 4. Juan de Onate and the Participation of Crypto-Jews in the First Permanent Colony in New Msico, 1595-1607; 5. Franciscans, the Inquisition, and Secret Judaism in New Mexico, 1610-1680; 6. The Role of Crypto-Jews in the Life of the New Mexico Colony, 1680-1846. |
| Summary |
Stanley M. Hordes explores the remarkable story of crypto-Jews and the tenuous preservation of Jewish rituals and traditions in Mexico and New Mexico over the past five hundred years. He follows the crypto-Jews from their origins in medieval Spain and Portugal to their efforts to escape persecution by migrating to the New World and settling in the far reaches of the northern Mexican frontier. Drawing on individual biographies, family histories, Inquisition records, letters, and other primary sources, Hordes provides a richly detailed account of the economic, social, and religious lives of cryp. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- New Mexico -- History.
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Jews. |
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New Mexico. |
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History. |
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Crypto-Jews -- Iberian Peninsula -- New Mexico -- History.
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Sephardim -- New Mexico -- History.
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Sephardim. |
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Crypto-Jews -- Iberian Peninsula -- Social life and customs.
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Jews -- Cultural assimilation.
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Jews -- Cultural assimilation. |
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Jews -- Identity.
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Jews -- Identity. |
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New Mexico -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hordes, Stanley M. To the end of the earth. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005 023112936X (DLC) 2005045455 (OCoLC)58729008 |
| ISBN |
0231503180 (electronic book) |
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9780231503181 (electronic book) |
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9780231129367 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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023112936X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780231129374 (paperback) |
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0231129378 (paperback) |
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