Intimate frontiers : sex, gender, and culture in old California / Albert L. Hurtado.

Introduction: The intimate challenges of a multicultural frontier
Sexuality in California's Franciscan missions: Cultural perceptions and historical realities
Customs of the country: Mixed marriage in Mexican California
Crossing the borders: Sex, gender, and the journey to California
His own will and pleasure: Miners, morals, and the crisis of the marriage market
Amelia's body: The limits of female agency in frontier California
Intimate frontiers.