The Yaquis and the empire : violence, Spanish imperial power, and native resilience in colonial Mexico /

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Author / Creator:Folsom, Raphael Brewster, author.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (xi, 296 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:The Lamar series in western history
Lamar series in western history.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13539351
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ISBN:9780300210767
0300210760
9780300196894
030019689X
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-285) and index.
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Summary:This important new book on the Yaqui people of the north Mexican state of Sonora examines the history of Yaqui-Spanish interactions from first contact in 1533 through Mexican independence in 1821. The Yaquis and the Empire is the first major publication to deal with the colonial history of the Yaqui people in more than thirty years and presents a finely wrought portrait of the colonial experience of the indigenous peoples of Mexico's Yaqui River Valley. In examining native engagement with the forces of the Spanish empire, Raphael Brewster Folsom identifies three ironies that emerged from the dynamic and ambiguous relationship of the Yaquis and their conquerors: the strategic use by the Yaquis of both resistance and collaboration; the intertwined roles of violence and negotiation in the colonial pact; and the surprising ability of the imperial power to remain effective despite its general weakness. Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.
Other form:Print version: Folsom, Raphael Brewster. Yaquis and the empire. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014] 9780300196894