Governance and Society in Colonial Mexico: Chihuahua in the Eighteenth Century

This book is a richly detailed examination of social interaction in the city of Chihuahua, a major silver mining center of colonial Mexico. Founded at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the city attracted people from all over New Spain, all summoned "by the voices of the mines of Chihuahua." These included aspiring miners and merchants, mestizo and mulato workers and drifters, Tarahumara Indians indigenous to the area, Yaquis from Sonora, and Apaches from New Mexico. Several hundred Spaniards, principally from Northern Spain, also arrived, hoping to make their fortunes in the New World.

Author: Richard English Martin
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 12/01/2000
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780804741682

About the Author
Cheryl English Martin is Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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