Wandering peoples colonialism, ethnic spaces, and ecological frontiers in northwestern Mexico, 1700-1850 - Radding Murrieta, Cynthia (Duke University Press, 1997)
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-390) and index
Introduction: The Social Ecology of the Sonoran Frontier -- - Pt. 1 - Los Sonoras and the Iberian Invasion of Northwestern Mexico - 1 - Ethnic Frontiers in the Sonoran Desert - 2 - Amerindian Economy in Sonora - 3 - Native Livelihood and the Colonial Economy -- - Pt. 2 - The Intimate Sphere of Ethnicity: Household and Community - 4 - Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Formation in Sonora - 5 - "Gypseys" and Villagers: Shifting Communities and Changing Ethnic Identities in Highland Sonora -- - Pt. 3 - Rival Proprietors and Changing Forms of Land Tenure - 6 - Land and the Indian Comun - 7 - Peasants, Hacendados, and Merchants: The Cultural Differentiation of Sonoran Society -- - Pt. 4 - Ethnogenesis and Resistant Adaptation