{"title":"Marc Simmons","description":"Marc Simmons is a historian and the author of over forty books, among them New Mexico: An Interpretive History and Coronado's Land (both by UNM Press).","products":[{"product_id":"new-mexico-an-interpretive-history-paperback","title":"New Mexico: An Interpretive History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all who love New Mexico, and for those who aspire to know the state, this book is a graceful and compelling summary of what has made the Land of Enchantment its distinctive self. Originally published in 1977 to commemorate the bicentennial of American Independence, \u003ci\u003eNew Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e is now available for the first time in a quality paperback edition with a new introduction by the author. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn writing this book, Marc Simmons sets out to arrive at an understanding of the state's character. His is an interpretive, sensitive, individual--even personal--account. He shows that across the centuries the collision and mingling of cultures dominates New Mexico's history. Out of this complex interplay of human and natural forces he selects his examples of Pueblo life ways, Spanish domination, and Anglo control to make immediate and memorable the state's rich history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe memorable story of New Mexico's history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366215155935,"sku":"9780826311108","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/j-pmIGDmct9780826311108.webp?v=1789088035"},{"product_id":"spanish-pathways-readings-in-the-history-of-hispanic-new-mexico-paperback","title":"Spanish Pathways: Readings in the History of Hispanic New Mexico - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian Marc Simmons is already a favorite among scholars, students, Hispanophiles, and borderland enthusiasts for his careful, readable histories of the American Southwest. In the twelve essays collected in \u003cem\u003eSpanish Pathways, \u003c\/em\u003e Simmons's topical, in-depth approach to New Mexico's colonial period is skillfully deployed. His original research and unique insights transform New Mexico's colonial history into an engaging story of real people and the real events that shaped their lives--a true journey of discovery. Simmons finds in the commonplace moments of everyday life ways to place the reader fully within the realities of the past. Immersion in details permits us to understand the behavior and character of a people and the true tenor of their times: how the average person lived and played, how he or she made economic choices, how worship and religious concerns were integrated into daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpanish Pathways\u003c\/em\u003e covers such topics as the Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico sheep and cattle ranching, Spanish irrigation practices, the settlement of Albuquerque, the smallpox epidemic of 1780-81, and the Feast of St. John. The society and economy of the upper RÃÂ-o Grande were complex and richly textured, and the people who sustained themselves there became resilient and stoic, fashioning their own formulas for survival and forever impacting the directions taken by history's currents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Almost without exception, the topics covered in this work have not been studied by other scholars. In that sense, \u003cem\u003eSpanish Pathways\u003c\/em\u003e makes a unique contribution.\"--Rick Hendricks, coeditor of \u003cem\u003eThe Journals of don Diego de Vargas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransforms New Mexico's colonial history into an engaging story of real people and the real events that shaped their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366337609951,"sku":"9780826323743","price":44.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/zxcpr2plA9780826323743.webp?v=1789091545"},{"product_id":"turquoise-and-six-guns-the-story-of-cerrillos-new-mexico-paperback","title":"Turquoise and Six-Guns: The Story of Cerrillos, New Mexico - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rock-ribbed hills surrounding Cerrillos, New Mexico, are honeycombed with mineshafts and it is these mines that have shaped the history of the town and of the district over which it presides. The Pueblo Indians for untold ages took out turquoise; the Spaniards in their turn found gold, silver and lead; and finally, the Anglo-Americans exploited all of these in addition to copper, zinc and coal. Mining gave life to Cerrillos and to neighboring towns such as Bonanza City, Carbonateville, Waldo and Madrid. And when the boom passed and the mines closed, that life ebbed away. Scattered over the hills and in the valleys everywhere are skeletal remains of mining activity: deserted buildings, black and foreboding entrances to shafts, broken tools and equipment, fallen timbers from the windlasses, gallows and hoist houses, tailing dumps and slag heaps. These offer silent testimony to the once prosperous past of the Cerrillos mining district and are an appeal for all students of history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370096296159,"sku":"9780865340824","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6wwFtG6bEU9780865340824.webp?v=1789150348"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/marc-simmons.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}