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Married to a daughter of the land : Spanish-Mexican women and interethnic marriage in California, 1820-1880
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- Creator
- María Raquél Casas
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2007
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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- ISBNs
- 9780874177145, 9780874176971, 0874176972, 0874177146
- OCLC
- ocn137336059, ocm70718288
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-244) and index.
- 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