Their Lives, Their Wills : Women in the Borderlands, 1750-1846 /

"In 1815, in the Spanish settlement of San Antonio de Bexar, a dying widow named María Concepción de Estrada recorded her last will and testament. Estrada used her will to record her debts and credits, specify her property, leave her belongings to her children, make requests for her funeral a...

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Autor principal: Porter, Amy M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Religiöst liv.
Patriarkat > sociala aspekter > historia.
Materiell kultur > historia.
Ekonomiska förhållanden.
Sociala förhållanden.
Kvinnor > historia.
Women > Social conditions.
Women.
Wills.
Social conditions.
Material culture.
Hispanic American women > Social conditions.
Economic history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
LAW > Wills.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Patriarcat (Sociologie) > Aspect social > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Histoire.
Culture materielle > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Histoire.
Femmes > Mexique (Nord) > Conditions sociales.
Americaines d'origine latino-americaine > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Femmes > Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Patriarchy > Social aspects > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Material culture > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Wills > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Women > Mexico, North > Social conditions.
Hispanic American women > Southwest, New > Social conditions.
Women > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century.
Women > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 18th century.
New Southwest.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
North Mexico.
Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Conditions economiques.
Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Vie religieuse.
Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Conditions sociales.
Mexican-American Border Region > Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region > Religious life and customs.
Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Life (and Death) Experiences
  • San Esteban de Nueva Tlaxcala
  • Saltillo
  • San Fernando de Bexar (San Antonio)
  • El Paso del Norte
  • 3. Women's Material World
  • Houses and Lands
  • Animals
  • Furniture
  • Kitchen Utensils
  • Weapons
  • Tools
  • Clothing and Adornments
  • Other Luxury Goods
  • 4. Women's Families and Households
  • Wives and Husbands
  • Mothers and Children
  • Women and Other Relatives
  • Women and Servants and Slaves
  • 5. Women's Spiritual World
  • Burial Requests
  • Funerals
  • Habits
  • Masses
  • Mandas Forzosas
  • Other Charities
  • Saints and Other Religious Figures
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Women's Economic World
  • Knowledge of Property and Laws
  • Loaning and Borrowing Money
  • Assessing Their Wealth
  • Passing on Their Wealth
  • Businesses and Work
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix A: A Complete List of Wills Used in This Study
  • Appendix B: Examples of Translated Wills
  • Appendix C: Tables.

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