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Subjects:

Atocha, Santo Niño de -- Cult -- History.
Holy Childhood, Devotion to -- Mexico, North -- History.
Holy Childhood, Devotion to -- Chihuahua Trail Region -- History.
Holy Childhood, Devotion to -- Southwest, New -- History.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- Spain -- Castile -- History.
Christian patron saints -- Mexico, North -- History.
Christian patron saints -- Chihuahua Trail Region -- History.
Christian patron saints -- Southwest, New -- History.
Mexico, North -- Religious life and customs.
Chihuahua Trail Region -- Religious life and customs.
Southwest, New -- Religious life and customs.

Contents:

Introduction: sandals in the desert
Drafting the Virgin : the cult of Our Lady of Atocha in Imperial Spain, 1523-1700
Plateros : a shrine on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, 1704-1848
A saint for the borderlands, 1848-1880
Peregrinos del Norte
Epilogue: saint making in global villages.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826347091 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0826347096 (clothbound : alk. paper)

OCLC:

319248360