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Women and the conquest of California, 1542-1840 : codes of silence /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bouvier, Virginia Marie, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Women pioneers > California > History.
Women pioneers > California > Social conditions.
Indians of North America > California > History.
Indians of North America > California > Social conditions.
Frontier and pioneer life > California.
California > History > To 1846.
Women > California > History.
Women > California > Social conditions.
Sex role > California > History.
Missions > California > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Mythic beginnings
  • Exploration
  • Evangelization
  • Colonization
  • The missions
  • Sexuality and marriage
  • Resistance
  • Partial truths.