Negotiating conquest : gender and power in California, 1770s to 1880s / Miroslava Chávez-García.

Contents Women in Spanish and Mexican California -- Gender and the conquest and colonization of California -- Patriarchs, power, and sexuality -- Family, property, and economic independence -- Women in American California -- Divorce, culture, and the family -- Loss of property and economic independence -- Illegitimacy and social dislocation after the American conquest.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.
LCCN 2004006186
ISBN0816523789 (acid-free paper)
ISBN9780816523788 (acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F870.M5 C48 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold