Cover Image

Hijos del pueblo : gender, family, and community in rural Mexico, 1730-1850 /

Show other versions (1)
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kanter, Deborah Ellen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Indians of Mexico > Mexico > Toluca de Lerdo Region > Social conditions.
Kinship > Mexico > Toluca de Lerdo Region.
Sex role > Mexico > Toluca de Lerdo Region.
Families > Mexico > Toluca de Lerdo Region.
Toluca de Lerdo Region (Mexico) > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • "Like three feet in one shoe" : the Toluca Region, 1730-1821
  • Hijos del pueblo : the limits of community
  • "In compliance with marital obligations" : women, men, and married life
  • "Not in the street" : households and the meanings of kinship
  • Scandalous men and intrepid women
  • Neither alone nor free : women in depósito
  • From fathers to stepfathers : life after independence.