Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-0-8263-4164-8
Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
This volume addresses the model of the good death that settlers and friars brought with them to New Mexico, challenges to the model's application, and the eventual erosion of the ideal. The text also considers the effects of public-health legislation that sought to protect the public welfare, as well as responses to these controversial and unpopular reforms. Will de Chaparro discusses both cultural continuity and regional adaptation, examining Spanish-American deathways in New Mexico during the colonial (approximately 1700-1821), Mexican (1821-1848), and early Territorial (1848-1880) periods.