Archives of Dispossession: Recovering the Testimonios of Mexican American Herederas, 1848-1960 Tapa blanda - 2017

The University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Paperback. Very good. 6x0x9. Softcover, minor wear, binding tight and pages bright, a very nice copy.

University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of North Carolina Press, 2017-09-11. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback / softback. New. One method of American territory expansion in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands was the denial of property rights to Mexican landowners, which led to dispossession. Many historical accounts overlook this colonial impact on Indigenous and Mexican peoples, and existing studies that do tackle this subject tend to privilege the male experience. Here, Karen R. Roybal recenters the focus of dispossession on women, arguing that gender, sometimes more than race, dictated legal concepts of property ownership and individual autonomy. Drawing on a diverse source base-legal land records, personal letters, and literature-Roybal locates voices of Mexican American women in the Southwest to show how they fought against the erasure of their rights, both as women and as landowners. Woven throughout Roybal's analysis are these women's testimonios - their stories focusing on inheritance, property rights, and shifts in power. Roybal positions these testimonios as an alternate archive that… Leer más

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2017. Paperback. New. 192 pages. 8.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

The University of North Carolina Press, 2017-09-11. Paperback. Used:Good.

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Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Fine, Apparently Unread Copy..