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Rituals and sisterhoods : single women's households in Mexico, 1560-1750 /

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"An approach to lingering views on single, plebeian women in Latin American historiography and specifically Mexico. Major revelations that single women in lower echelons of society in early to mid-colonial Mexico were able to transcend class and race barriers in spite of poverty and unfavorable...

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Main Author: Megged, Amos (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Subjects:
Single women > Mexico > Social conditions.
Single women > Mexico > History.
Households > Mexico.
Mexico > Social conditions > To 1810.
Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Households.
Single women.
Single women > Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Mexico.
To 1810
History.
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Summary:"An approach to lingering views on single, plebeian women in Latin American historiography and specifically Mexico. Major revelations that single women in lower echelons of society in early to mid-colonial Mexico were able to transcend class and race barriers in spite of poverty and unfavorable social circumstances"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781607329619
1607329611
9781607329626
160732962X