The motions beneath : Indigenous migrants on the urban frontier of New Spain / Laurent Corbeil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corbeil, Laurent, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internal migrants--Mexico--San Luis Potosí--Social conditions--17th century.

Internal migrants.

Internal migrants--Mexico--San Luis Potosí--Social conditions--16th century.

Internal migrants--Mexico--San Luis Potosí--History--17th century.

Internal migrants--Mexico--San Luis Potosí--History--16th century.

History.

Social conditions.

San Luis Potosí (Mexico)--Population--History--17th century.

San Luis Potosí (Mexico).

San Luis Potosí (Mexico)--Population--History--16th century.

Population.

Mexico.

San Luis Potos.

Mexico--San Luis Potosí.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2018.

Summary:

"An urban history of the valley of San Luis Potosí from 1590 to 1630, examining the relationships among the large number of initially distinct indigenous populations; Tlaxcalan, Tarrascan, and Otomí settlers; and the region's existing ethnic communities"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Origins p. 23

2 Migrations p. 46

3 Building Towns on a Borderland p. 72

4 Daily Spaces of Sociability p. 104

5 Mobility and Violence Across the Conurbation p. 135

6 The Construction of Formal Identities p. 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816537655

0816537658

OCLC:

1031339331