El Cerrito, New Mexico: Eight Generations in a Spanish Village [Hardcover]
by Richard L. Nostrand
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El Cerrito, New Mexico captures the essence of a village that, despite cultural and economic disintegration, sparks the passion of a small number of inhabitants who want to keep it alive. Richard L. Nostrand opens a window into the past of the upper Pecos Valley, revealing the daily life of this small, isolated Hispanic village whose population waxes and wanes in the face of family feuds, settlement struggles, and the ever-encroaching modern world.
Nostrand identifies the challenges and opportunities facing eight twenty-five-year generations. Using primary sources from government, census, and church records, as well as from burials, homestead documents, and extensive interviews with sixty Cerriteños, Nostrand details village happenings from its 1824 founding to the present day. This unique study weaves historical evidence with physical data from soil analyses, topology, and geology to explain how the land itself shaped life in El Cerrito.
Previous community studies pinpoint a particular time in which to assess kinship and social organization, but this volume examines those factors over two centuries to reveal a more complete picture of a town and its people. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps, El Cerrito, New Mexico explores how one village has preserved traditions and community lifeways that have survived for more than a century.
About the Author
Richard L. Nostrand is David Ross Boyd Professor of Geography at the University of Oklahoma. His book The Hispano Homeland was awarded the Angie Debo Prize for the most distinguished book on the American Southwest published by the University of Oklahoma Press and was named an Outstanding Academic Book by CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
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The Hispano Homeland
by Richard L. Nostrand
In this book Nostrand describes the cultural geography and history of the "Hispano homeland" -- a region in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado with a distinct and interesting history and culture. He also traces the connections between this region and outside influences, from the early Spanish settlers, to the Pueblo Indians and Anglos, to relations with other Mexican Americans in the U.S. today. This book is useful in understanding borderland influences further away from the more often represented U.S./Mexico border. Covering over 400 years of history, it shows how border influences change and last through time. It's well written, extremely thorough with good maps tracing "intrusions" of other cultures into the region, and good tabular information, too. I found this book invaluable for my own work in northern New Mexico, but this book may also be useful for those interested in rural development, community studies, and sense of place, as Nostrand articulates well what the Hispano Homeland means to the people who live there and why it becomes necessary for some to leave. It is a good complement to Carlos Velez-Ibanez' Border Visions, which is less geographically based and focuses more on cultural place closer to the U.S. - Mexico border.
About the Author
Richard L. Nostrand is David Ross Boyd Professor of Geography at the University of Oklahoma. His book The Hispano Homeland was awarded the Angie Debo Prize for the most distinguished book on the American Southwest published by the University of Oklahoma Press and was named an Outstanding Academic Book by CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
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About the Author
Richard L. Nostrand is David Ross Boyd Professor of Geography at the University of Oklahoma. His book The Hispano Homeland was awarded the Angie Debo Prize for the most distinguished book on the American Southwest published by the University of Oklahoma Press and was named an Outstanding Academic Book by CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
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