Married to a daughter of the land : Spanish-Mexican women and interethnic marriage in California, 1820-1880 / María Raquél Casas.
2007
HQ1031 .C38 2007 (Mapit)
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Married to a daughter of the land : Spanish-Mexican women and interethnic marriage in California, 1820-1880 / María Raquél Casas.
Author
Casas, Maria Raquél.
ISBN
9780874176971 (alk. paper)
0874176972 (alk. paper)
0874176972 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 261 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HQ1031 .C38 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.84/608968720730794
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-244) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Spanish women as cultural agents from medieval Spain to the new world frontier
Class and marriage choices
Marriage and the myth of romantic California
The legal system and "a reckless breed of men"
Interethnic marriages in the post-Mexican-American War era
Epilogue.
Spanish women as cultural agents from medieval Spain to the new world frontier
Class and marriage choices
Marriage and the myth of romantic California
The legal system and "a reckless breed of men"
Interethnic marriages in the post-Mexican-American War era
Epilogue.