{"product_id":"bountiful-deserts-sustaining-indigenous-worlds-in-northern-new-spain-paperback","title":"Bountiful Deserts: Sustaining Indigenous Worlds in Northern New Spain - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia Radding\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommon understandings drawn from biblical references, literature, and art portray deserts as barren places that are far from God and spiritual sustenance. In our own time, attention focuses on the rigors of climate change in arid lands and the perils of the desert in the northern Mexican borderlands for migrants seeking shelter and a new life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBountiful Deserts\u003c\/i\u003e foregrounds the knowledge of Indigenous peoples in the arid lands of northwestern Mexico, for whom the desert was anything but barren or empty. Instead, they nurtured and harvested the desert as a bountiful and sacred space. Drawing together historical texts and oral testimonies, archaeology, and natural history, author Cynthia Radding develops the relationships between people and plants and the ways that Indigenous people sustained their worlds before European contact through the changes set in motion by Spanish encounters, highlighting the long process of colonial conflicts and adaptations over more than two centuries. This work reveals the spiritual power of deserts by weaving together the cultural practices of historical peoples and contemporary living communities, centered especially on the Yaqui\/Yoeme and Mayo\/Yoreme. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Radding uses the tools of history, anthropology, geography, and ecology to paint an expansive picture of Indigenous worlds before and during colonial encounters. She re-creates the Indigenous worlds in both their spiritual and material realms, bringing together the analytical dimension of scientific research and the wisdom of oral traditions in its exploration of different kinds of knowledge about the natural world.\u003cp\u003ePublished in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCynthia Radding, Gussenhoven Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of \u003ci\u003eLandscapes of Power and Identity: Comparative Histories in the Sonoran Desert and the Forests of Amazonia from Colony to Republic \u003c\/i\u003eand numerous edited volumes, chapters, and articles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157337477255,"sku":"9780816529896","price":63.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/68b8945d2322e2216901c4f742335cf2.webp?v=1733250111","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bountiful-deserts-sustaining-indigenous-worlds-in-northern-new-spain-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}