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Women and the conquest of California, 1542-1840 : codes of silence /

"This is the hidden story of the missionization of California, showing what it was like for women to live and work on that frontier - and how race, religion, age, and ethnicity shaped female experiences. Virginia Bouvier explores the suppression of women's experiences and cultural resistan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bouvier, Virginia Marie, 1958-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mythic beginnings
  • Exploration
  • Evangelization
  • Colonization
  • The missions
  • Sexuality and marriage
  • Resistance
  • Partial truths.