Conflict in colonial Sonora : Indians, priests, and settlers / David Yetman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yetman, David, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Missions--Mexico--Sonora (State).

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History--Sources.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Sonora (State)--Social conditions.

Frontier and pioneer life--Mexico--Sonoroa (State)--History--Sources.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Sonora (Mexico : State)--History--Sources.

Sonora (Mexico : State).

Sonora (Mexico : State)--Social conditions.

Jesuits--Missions--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History--Sources.

Jesuits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries northwestern Mexico was the scene of ongoing conflict among three distinct social groups-Indians, religious orders of priests, and settlers. In this study, Yetman examines seven separate instances of such conflict, each of which reveals a different perspective on this complicated world.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1: Pedro de Perea, His Heirs, and the Colonization of Sonora; 2: Father Canal Calls in the Troops; 3: The Conspiracies of 1681; 4: Sorcery in Eastern Sonora; 5: Father Guerrero Nails Simón García; 6: Father Januske and the Indians Take On the Vecinos and Their Livestock; 7: Sonora in 1771: Does the Conflict Deepen or Subside?; Appendix: The Tuape Indians' Legal Struggle to Regain Their Lands; Notes; Glossary; References; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613933751

9781283621304

1283621304

9780826352224

0826352227

OCLC:

812915139