The war for Mexico's west
Subtitle: Indians and Spaniards in New Galicia, 1524-1550
By: Ida Altman.
Series: Diálogos
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780826344939
Subjects: Spaniards -- Mexico -- Nueva Galicia -- History -- 16th century; Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Nueva Galicia -- History -- 16th century; Indians, Treatment of -- Mexico -- Nueva Galicia -- History -- 16th century; Nueva Galicia -- History -- 16th century; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude to conquest; title: Taking the west; title: Occupying New Galicia; title: Disorder, ambition, and disillusion; title: The Indians' war; title: The viceroy's war; title: The transformation of New Galicia; title: Reflections on a violent history; title: Timeline for the history of early New Galicia.