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The intimate frontier : friendship and civil society in northern New Spain /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martínez, Ignacio (University and college faculty member) (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Friendship > New Spain.
New Spain > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. An Ideal Friendship: Classical Interpretations and Everyday Reality
  • 2. Civilizing the Frontier: Soldiers, Missionaries, and Indios Amgios
  • 3. Power, Colonialism, and Civil Society: Kino and the Many Faces of Betrayal
  • 4. Internal Enemies: False Friendship and the Collapse of Moral Order
  • 5. The Paradox of Friendship: Violence and the Ambiguities of Social Inequality
  • Conclusion