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Article: American -- The Pueblo Revolt of 1680: Conquest and Resistance in Seventeenth-Century New Mexico by Andrew L. Knaut
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- The Catholic Historical Review
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- April 1, 1996
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The Pueblo Revolt of 1680: Conquest and Resistance In Seventeenth-Century New Mexico. By Andrew L. Knaut. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 1995. Pp. xx, 248. $29.95 clothbound.)
Concise, lively, and well-crafted, this retelling has much more to say about development of the seventeenth-century Spanish colony than about its stunning climax of 1680. But by what other title would the book grab greater attention?
Knaut aspires to reinterpret. Skillfully utilizing available printed primary and most standard secondary sources, he attempts "to glean the Pueblo role in shaping the history of seventeenth-century New Mexico and in carrying out successfully the revolt of 1680" (pp. xiv-xv). The ...