Introduction: The Social Ecology of the Sonoran Frontier

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. About the Series ix
4. List of Illustrations xi
5. Preface xv
6. Abbreviations xxi
7. Introduction: The Social Ecology of the Sonoran Frontier 1
8. PART ONE. Los Sonoras and the Iberian Invasion of Northwestern Mexico
9. 1. Ethnic Frontiers in the Sonoran Desert 21
10. 2. Amerindian Economy in Sonora 47
11. 3. Native Livelihood and the Colonial Economy 66
12. PART Two. The Intimate Sphere of Ethnicity: Household and Community
13. 4. Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Formation in Sonora 103
14. 5 "Gypseys" and Villagers: Shifting Communities and Changing Ethnic Identities in Highland Sonora 142
15. PART THREE. Rival Proprietors and Changing Forms of Land Tenure
16. 6. Land and the Indian Comlin 175
17. 7. Peasants, Hacendados, and Merchants: The Cultural Differentiation of Sonoran Society 212
18. PART FOUR. Ethnogenesis and Resistant Adaptation
19. 8. Cultural Endurance and Accommodation to Spanish Rule 253
20. 9. Patterns of Mobilization 268
21. Conclusions: Contested Space 306
22. Notes 315
23. Glossary 361
24. Select Bibliography 367
25. Index 395