Hijos del Pueblo: Gender, Family, and Community in Rural Mexico, 1730-1850

by Deborah E. Kanter

Book Overview

The everyday lives of indigenous and Spanish families in the countryside, a previously under-explored segment of Mexican cultural history, are now illuminated through the vivid narratives presented in Hijos del Pueblo ("offspring of the village"). Drawing on neglected civil and criminal judicial records from the Toluca region, Deborah Kanter revives the voices of native women and men, their Spanish neighbors, muleteers, and hacienda peons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292721560
• ISBN13: 9780292721562
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"