Conflict in Colonial Sonora: Indians, Priests, and Settlers

by David Yetman

Book Overview

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries northwestern Mexico was the scene of ongoing conflict among three distinct social groups--Indians, religious orders of priests, and settlers. Priests hoped to pacify Indians, who in turn resisted the missionary clergy. Settlers, who often encountered opposition from priests, sought to dominate Indians, take over their land, and, when convenient, exploit them as servants and laborers. Indians struggled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826352219
• ISBN13: 9780826352217
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"