Transatlantic obligations : creating the bonds of family in conquest-era Peru and Spain /

In sixteenth-century Peru and Spain, even as migration, race mixture, and transculturation took place, family members fulfilled obligations by adapting custom to a changing world. This book studies non-elite families of indigenous, Spanish, and mixed ancestry with a focus on Lima and Arequipa and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mangan, Jane E., 1969- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Series:Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Matchmaking: Law, Language, and the Conquest-Era Family Tree
  • Removal: For the Love and Labor of Mixed-Race Children
  • Marriage: Vida Maridable in a Transatlantic Context
  • Journey: Family Strategies and the Transatlantic Voyage
  • Adaptation: Creating the Customs of the Colonial Family
  • Legacy: Recognition, Inheritance, and Law on the Colonial Family Tree.