From Colony to Nationhood in Mexico
Author | : Sean F. McEnroe |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2012-06-18 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781107006300 |
ISBN-10 | : 1107006309 |
Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Download or read book From Colony to Nationhood in Mexico written by Sean F. McEnroe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In November 1782, Vicente Gonzales de Santianes, the governor of Nuevo Leon, received a sheaf of documents from a protracted legal dispute in the Indian town of San Miguel de Aguayo. At first glance, the case seems so utterly commonplace as to be beneath the notice of the region's chief magistrate. One of San Miguel's Tlaxcalan stoneworkers had been accused of an adulterous liaison with a townswoman"--Provided by publisher.