Coronado's Land: Essays on Daily Life in Colonial New Mexico

by Marc Simmons

Book Overview

At last available in paperback, the twenty-five essays collected here re-create everyday activities of the Hispanic people of colonial northern New Mexico. What people wore, when they shopped, how they amused themselves these are but a few of the commonplace activities considered here.

In reconstructing the daily routines of domestic life and work habits Simmons captures the precariousness of lives threatened by drought, crop failure, Apache...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826317022
• ISBN13: 9780826317025
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Overview of Colonial New Mexico Life

This is a great book to get the feel of what life was like in colonial NM...It is a bunch of short essays with a WIDE range of topics relating to life in NM.....Marc Simmons has a pretty nice style of writing too....I liked the part about the New Mexican "tube" socks!!!

Wonderful daily historical insight

As usual, Mr. Simmons takes you back in time and brings the everyday life of early New Mexico to life. He has done extensive research to enlighten us. This book covers everything from homemaking, dressing, Inidans and food. A must have for historical researchers.