Negotiating Conquest: Gender and Power in California, 1770s to 1880s

by Miroslava Chávez-García

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Conquest usually has a negative impact on the vanquished, but it can also provide the disenfranchised in conquered societies with new tools for advancement within their families and communities. This study examines the ways in which Mexican and Native women challenged the patriarchal traditional culture of the Spanish, Mexican, and early American eras in California, tracing the shifting contingencies surrounding their lives from the imposition...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816526001

ISBN13:9780816526000

Release Date:September 2006

Publisher:University of Arizona Press

Length:241 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Americas Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Hispanic American Studies History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science

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