Refusing the favor
Subtitle: the Spanish-Mexican women of Santa Fe, 1820-1880
By: Deena J. González.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Mexican American women -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- History -- 19th century.; Mexican American women -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Colonization -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- History -- 19th century.; Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Ethnic relations.; Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Social conditions.
Description: "Refusing the Favor tells the little-known story of the Spanish-Mexican women who saw their homeland become part of New Mexico. A corrective to traditional narratives of the period, it carefully and lucidly documents the effects of colonization, looking closely at how the women lived both before and after the United States took control of the region."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-177) and index.