On the Borders of Love and Power : Families and Kinship in the Intercultural American Southwest.

On the Borders of Love and Power : Families and Kinship in the Intercultural American Southwest.

Embracing the crossroads that made the region distinctive this book reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater diversity than idealizations of the traditional family have allowed. The essays show how family life figured prominently in relations to larger struggles for co...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Adams, David Wallace
Other Authors: DeLuzio, Crista, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Kinship > West (U.S.)
Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation > West (U.S.)
Hispanic Americans > Kinship > West (U.S.)
Hispanic Americans > Cultural assimilation > West (U.S.)
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Families > West (U.S.)
Kinship > West (U.S.) > History.
West (U.S.) > Ethnic relations.
West (U.S.) > History.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Embracing the crossroads that made the region distinctive this book reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater diversity than idealizations of the traditional family have allowed. The essays show how family life figured prominently in relations to larger struggles for conquest and control.
Physical Description:1 online resource (764 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520951341
0520951344
1282242008
9781282242005
9786613813121
6613813125
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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