The father of all
Subtitle: the de la Guerra family, power, and patriarchy in Mexican California
By: Louise Pubols.
Publisher: University of California Press; Huntington Library Press; Huntington Library and University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780873282406
Subjects: Guerra family; Patriarchy -- California -- History -- 19th century; Elite (Social sciences) -- California -- History -- 19th century; Domestic relations -- California -- History -- 19th century; Spaniards -- California -- History -- 19th century; California -- History -- To 1846; California -- History -- 1846-1850
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "A thing of honor and profit" : the creation of California's elite families; title: Padre de la patria, padre de familias; title: Open ports and intermarriage; title: Native sons : land hunger, liberalism, and rebellion; title: Home rule : family honor in free California; title: Reinventing patriarchy in time of war; title: Epilogue.