Author : Michael P. Carroll
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801870552
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Penitente Brotherhood by : Michael P. Carroll
Download or read book The Penitente Brotherhood written by Michael P. Carroll and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-11-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result, Carroll concludes, Penitente membership facilitated the rise of the modernin New Mexico and--however unintentionally--made it that much easier, after the territory's annexation by the United States, for the Anglo legal system to dispossess Hispanos of their land.