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The limits of gender domination : women, the law, and political crisis in Quito, 1765-1830 /

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Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous late colonial and early republican periods in Quito, Ecuador (1765-1830), this study views the relationship between the increasingly centralized power of Bourbon governance and the local operations of social authority through the lens of women's legal,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Black, Chad T. (Chad Thomas)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Women > Ecuador > Quito > Social conditions > 18th century.
Women > Ecuador > Quito > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Ecuador > Quito > History > 18th century.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Ecuador > Quito > History > 19th century.
Women's rights > Ecuador > Quito > History > 18th century.
Women's rights > Ecuador > Quito > History > 19th century.
Quito (Ecuador) > Politics and government > 18th century.
Quito (Ecuador) > Politics and government > 19th century.
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Summary:Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous late colonial and early republican periods in Quito, Ecuador (1765-1830), this study views the relationship between the increasingly centralized power of Bourbon governance and the local operations of social authority through the lens of women's legal, economic and social status.
Physical Description:xii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780826349231
0826349234