Private women, public lives [electronic resource] : gender and the missions of the Californias / Barbara O. Reyes.

By: Reyes, BarbaraContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Chicana matters seriesPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 231 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Catholic Church -- Missions -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- History -- 18th century | Catholic Church -- Missions -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- History -- 19th century | Catholic Church -- Missions -- California -- History -- 18th century | Catholic Church -- Missions -- California -- History -- 19th century | Women -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- Social conditions -- 18th century | Women -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Women -- California -- Social conditions -- 18th century | Women -- California -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- History | California -- History -- To 1846Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.48/868079409033 LOC classification: HQ1464.B35 | R49 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : gender and public space in the nineteenth-century Californias -- "For the riches of its souls" : the Society of Jesus in Antigua California -- "To teach the natives love and loyalty toward the Spanish monarch" : the Order of the Predicants of Santo Domingo in Baja California -- "[For its] very large and fine harbor" : the Franciscans of the College of San Fernando in Alta California -- Barbara Gandiaga : race and agency at Mission Santo Tomas -- Eulalia Callis : privilege and power in the colonial Californias -- Eulalia Perez : gender and labor in the Spanish frontier -- Conclusion : women in the public missions of the Californias.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : gender and public space in the nineteenth-century Californias -- "For the riches of its souls" : the Society of Jesus in Antigua California -- "To teach the natives love and loyalty toward the Spanish monarch" : the Order of the Predicants of Santo Domingo in Baja California -- "[For its] very large and fine harbor" : the Franciscans of the College of San Fernando in Alta California -- Barbara Gandiaga : race and agency at Mission Santo Tomas -- Eulalia Callis : privilege and power in the colonial Californias -- Eulalia Perez : gender and labor in the Spanish frontier -- Conclusion : women in the public missions of the Californias.

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