Description
In this book, Susan Kellogg explains how Spanish law served as an instrument of cultural transformation and adaptation in the lives of Nahuatl-speaking peoples during the years 1500-1700 - the first two centuries of colonial rule. She shows that law had an impact on numerous aspects of daily life, especially gender relations, patterns of property ownership and transmission, and family and kinship organization.
About the Author
Susan Kellogg is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Houston, Texas. She is coauthor of Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life.
Book Information
ISBN 9780806136851
Author Susan Kellogg
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint University of Oklahoma Press
Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 18mm
Based on a wide array of local-level Spanish and Nahuatl documentation and an intensive analysis of seventy-three lawsuits over property involving Indians residing in colonial Mexico City (Tenochtitlan), this work reveals how legal documentation offers important clues to attitudes and perceptions.
About the Author
Susan Kellogg is Professor Emerita of History at the University of Houston, Texas. She is coauthor of Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life.
Book Information
ISBN 9780806136851
Author Susan Kellogg
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint University of Oklahoma Press
Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 18mm
