From Settler to Citizen: New Mexican Economic Development and the Creation of Vecino Society, 1750-1820
"Ross Frank has written a model study of New Mexico's Vecinos-a historical narrative as absorbing as it is illustrative of complex social processes."--Joyce Appleby, author ofInheriting the Revolution: The first Generation of Americans"This is a richly dense and sophisticated history of eighteenth-century New Mexico that focuses on the economic and cultural foundations of identity. Deftly reading subtle changes in material culture and the organization of space, Frank provides historians of the Americas with a fresh perspective on the impact of the Bourbon Reforms at the margins of empire."--Ramón Gutiérrez, author ofWhen Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846