To the end of the earth : a history of the crypto-Jews of New Mexico /

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Author / Creator:	Hordes, Stanley M.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 348 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Jews -- New Mexico -- History. Marranos -- New Mexico -- History. Sephardim -- New Mexico -- History. Marranos -- Social life and customs. Jews -- Cultural assimilation. Jews -- Identity. Ethnic relations. Jews. Jews -- Cultural assimilation. Jews -- Identity. Marranos. Marranos -- Social life and customs. Sephardim. New Mexico -- Ethnic relations. New Mexico. History. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11139310

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ISBN:	0231503180 9780231503181 9780231129367 023112936X 9780231129374 0231129378
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-329) and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Hordes, Stanley M. To the end of the earth. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005 023112936X

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