I was at a library sale seeking magazines for the old soldiers' home but they had none so I bought a couple of nonfiction books for a dollar each to help them out.
This proved to be a quite detailed investigation into the Revolt of 1680 and in this case probably not of interest to our gals and guys in the nursing home (few readers). I will take it to the VA Hospital lobby as it will be sure to find an interested reader.
This thin volume reprints five scholarly articles, used as reading material for upper division classes, and including endnotes and a good map. There are suggestions for further reading but no index. The paragraph on 'Making Connections' p.128 is excellent. It is noted that reading an article by one historian may lead the student to a certain conclusion but reading and comparing these five essays will offer more evidence, perhaps allowing the student to make a different conclusion.
Answers "become more complicated after comparing the work of several scholars who have approached the subject with different abilities, sensibilities, questions, and methods. This variety of approach is in the nature of the way that historians work. Some historians dig more deeply and find better evidence than do other historians; in the end, evidence matters. Some historians read the evidence more shrewdly or knowlegeably than other historians and construct wiser answers. Sometimes historians merely have different but equally valid answers because there are many ways to understand the human condition, past as well as present."
The Introduction (and Chronology) offers a good review of the circumstances in New Mexico, followed by the five essays. As the Pueblo Indians burnt the archives, reports to the Viceroy of New Spain and to Spain itself have to be employed. The Indians have left no record of their motives, but luckily civil and church authorities made notes of their interviews with Pueblo Indians after they reclaimed New Mexico. However, things are filtered through the viewpoint of 17th C. people.
This proved to be a quite detailed investigation into the Revolt of 1680 and in this case probably not of interest to our gals and guys in the nursing home (few readers). I will take it to the VA Hospital lobby as it will be sure to find an interested reader.
This thin volume reprints five scholarly articles, used as reading material for upper division classes, and including endnotes and a good map. There are suggestions for further reading but no index. The paragraph on 'Making Connections' p.128 is excellent. It is noted that reading an article by one historian may lead the student to a certain conclusion but reading and comparing these five essays will offer more evidence, perhaps allowing the student to make a different conclusion.
Answers "become more complicated after comparing the work of several scholars who have approached the subject with different abilities, sensibilities, questions, and methods. This variety of approach is in the nature of the way that historians work. Some historians dig more deeply and find better evidence than do other historians; in the end, evidence matters. Some historians read the evidence more shrewdly or knowlegeably than other historians and construct wiser answers. Sometimes historians merely have different but equally valid answers because there are many ways to understand the human condition, past as well as present."
The Introduction (and Chronology) offers a good review of the circumstances in New Mexico, followed by the five essays. As the Pueblo Indians burnt the archives, reports to the Viceroy of New Spain and to Spain itself have to be employed. The Indians have left no record of their motives, but luckily civil and church authorities made notes of their interviews with Pueblo Indians after they reclaimed New Mexico. However, things are filtered through the viewpoint of 17th C. people.
