Negotiating conquest : gender and power in California, 1770s to 1880s /

Negotiating conquest : gender and power in California, 1770s to 1880s /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chávez-García, Miroslava, 1968-
Imprint:	Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2004.
Description:	xxvi, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mexican American women -- California -- Social conditions -- 18th century. Mexican American women -- California -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Sex role -- California -- History. Power (Social sciences) -- California -- History. Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- 18th century. Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Colonization -- Social aspects. Ethnic relations. Mexican American women -- Social conditions. Mexican Americans -- Social conditions. Power (Social sciences) Sex role. Social conditions California -- Social conditions -- 18th century. California -- Social conditions -- 19th century. California -- Colonization -- Social aspects. California -- Ethnic relations. California. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5343252

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ISBN:	0816523789 (acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Women in Spanish and Mexican California
1. Gender and the Conquest and Colonization of California
2. Patriarchs, Power, and Sexuality
3. Family, Property, and Economic Independence
Part II. Women in American California
4. Divorce, Culture, and the Family
5. Loss of Property and Economic Independence
6. Illegitimacy and Social Dislocation after the American Conquest
Legacies: An Afterword
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index