Wandering peoples: colonialism, ethnic spaces, and ecological frontiers in northwestern Mexico, 1700-1850

"Balanced and thorough work on colonial and early-19th-century Sonora and Sinaloa combines historical and ethnohistorical methodologies, narratives, statistical data, and analysis of the changing relations among Indians, villagers, miners, missionaries, and the state. Describes and analyzes the...

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Main Author: Radding Murrieta, Cynthia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 1997
Series:Latin America otherwise
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Online Access:UBT01
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Summary:"Balanced and thorough work on colonial and early-19th-century Sonora and Sinaloa combines historical and ethnohistorical methodologies, narratives, statistical data, and analysis of the changing relations among Indians, villagers, miners, missionaries, and the state. Describes and analyzes the changes in Indian communities. Discussion of the transition between colony and independent Mexico provides a vision of changes and continuities. Exceptionally wide collection of sources"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, volume 58
Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 404 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780822398943
082239894X
DOI:10.1215/9780822398943

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