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Women in the Crucible of 'Conquest'
Karen Vieira Powers
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Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
The evidence of women in the Americas is conspicuously absent from most historical syntheses of the Spanish invasion and early colonisation of the New World. Karen Powers's ethnohistoric account is the first to focus on non-military incidents during this transformative period. As she shows, native women's lives were changed dramatically. This book uncovers the activities and experiences of women, shows how the intersection of gender, race, and class shaped their lives, and reveals the sometimes hidden ways they were integrated into social institutions. Powers' premise is that women were demoted in status across race and class and that some women ... Read more
The evidence of women in the Americas is conspicuously absent from most historical syntheses of the Spanish invasion and early colonisation of the New World. Karen Powers's ethnohistoric account is the first to focus on non-military incidents during this transformative period. As she shows, native women's lives were changed dramatically. This book uncovers the activities and experiences of women, shows how the intersection of gender, race, and class shaped their lives, and reveals the sometimes hidden ways they were integrated into social institutions. Powers' premise is that women were demoted in status across race and class and that some women ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826335197
SKU
V9780826335197
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