Bücher von Richard L. Nostrand

This work examines historical, geographical and census documents, and oral information to interpret the authentic Spanish-American subculture surviving in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Winner of the Angie Debo Prize and named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book.

El Cerrito, New Mexico captures the essence of a village that, despite cultural 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.