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Richard L. Nostrand interprets the Hispanos' experience in geographical terms. He demonstrates that their unique intermixture with Pueblo Indians, nomad Indians, Anglos, and Mexican Americans, combined with isolation in their particular natural and cultural environments, have given them a unique sense of place - a sense of homeland.Several processes shaped and reshaped the Hispano Homeland. Initial colonization left the Hispanos relatively isolated from cultural changes in the rest of New Spain, and gradual intermarriage with Pueblo and nomad Indians gave them new cultural features. As their numbers increased in the eighteenth century, they began to expand their Stronghold outward from the original colonies.

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Richard L. Nostrand is David Ross Boyd Professor of Geography at the University of Oklahoma. His book The Hispano Homeland was awarded the Angie Debo Prize for the most distinguished book on the American Southwest published by the University of Oklahoma Press and was named an Outstanding Academic Book by CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.

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