The Yaquis and the Empire : Violence, Spanish Imperial Power, and Native Resilience in Colonial Mexico / Raphael Brewster Folsom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Folsom, Raphael Brewster, Author.

Series:

Lamar series in western history.

The Lamar Series in Western History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yaqui Indians--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History.

Yaqui Indians.

Yaqui Indians--Government relations--History.

Yaqui Indians--Missions--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This important new book on the Yaqui people of the north Mexican state of Sonora examines the history of Yaqui-Spanish interactions from first contact in 1533 through Mexican independence in 1821. The Yaquis and the Empire is the first major publication to deal with the colonial history of the Yaqui people in more than thirty years and presents a finely wrought portrait of the colonial experience of the indigenous peoples of Mexico's Yaqui River Valley. In examining native engagement with the forces of the Spanish empire, Raphael Brewster Folsom identifies three ironies that emerged from the dynamic and ambiguous relationship of the Yaquis and their conquerors: the strategic use by the Yaquis of both resistance and collaboration; the intertwined roles of violence and negotiation in the colonial pact; and the surprising ability of the imperial power to remain effective despite its general weakness. Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION: IMPERIAL IRONIES

A FAILED CONQUEST: THE NORTHWEST BEFORE THE JESUITS, 1500-1591

A MESTIZO CONQUEST: 1590-1610

THE JESUIT REDUCTION: THE BIRTH OF THE YAQUI MISSION TOWNS, 1610-1617

MISSION AND EMPIRE: 1617-1700

CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION: EARLY BOURBON REFORMS AND THE BREAKDOWN OF NEGOTIATED PEACE, 1700-1740

"NOW GOD WANTS ALL THIS TO END": THE SHATTERING OF THE COLONIAL PACT, 1740-1744

REORIENTATIONS: THE COLLAPSE OF THE MISSION AND THE REBIRTH OF THE YAQUI TOWNS, 1744-1810

EPILOGUE: REPUBLICAN IRONIES

ABBREVIATIONS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300210767

0300210760

OCLC:

894507004