Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Campa, Arthur L.

Hispanic culture in the Southwest Arthur L. Campa - Norman, OK University of Oklahoma Press 1979 - 316 p

The problem with nomenclature --
Exploration and conquest --
The first permanent settlement --
Hispanicizing the Indians --
El Camino Real: commercial and cultural route --
Arizona: corridor of western expansion --
Early California --
California in early 1800s --
Mexican interlude --
Americans occupy California --
The vanguard of traders and merchants --
Hispanic and Anglo-American cultures in the upper Rio Grande --
Early Spanish contacts with Colorado --
New Mexicans and southern Colorado --
Hispanic Colorado after 1850 --
From El Paso to the Gulf --
The lower Rio Grande --
The guidance of custom and tradition --
Superstition and witchcraft --
The penitentes --
Manana is today --
The Spanish language in the southwest --
Spanish folk drama --
Folk singing and dancing --
Arts and crafts --
Food preparation and preservation --
Contrasts in Hispanic and Anglo-American cultures --
The current scene.

Account of the evolution of the Hispanic culture of the Southwest, including politics, religion, language, art, and attitudes.

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