For Tranquility and Order : Family and Community on Mexico's Northern Frontier, 1800-1850.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Community, Gender, and "Barbarity" in Early Republican Sonora -- 2: For the Sake of Tranquility: Marriage and Consensual Unions -- 3: Against Religion and Civilization: Illicit Relationships -- 4: Death, Debt, and Inheritance: Families and the Circulation of Credit -- 5: By All Laws, Divine, Positive, Natural, and Civil: Reciprocity and Obligation between Young and Old -- 6: Servant or Son? : The Negotiation of Labor Relations in Sonora's Local Courts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.