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Living in Silverado : secret Jews in the silver mining towns of colonial Mexico /

In this painstakingly researched study, David Gitlitz traces the lives and fortunes of three clusters of sixteenth-century crypto-Jews in Mexico's silver mining towns. His narrative paints a vivid portrait of their struggles to retain their identity in a world dominated economically by silver a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gitlitz, David M. (David Martin) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019.
Subjects:	Crypto-Jews > Mexico > History > 16th century. Jews > Mexico > History > 16th century. Silver miners > Mexico > History > 16th century. Silver mines and mining > Mexico > History > 16th century.

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