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Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 609

Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography

An excellent starting point for both reference librarians and for library users seeking information about family history and the lives of others, this resource is drawn from the authoritative database of Guide to Reference, voted Best Professional Resource Database by Library Journal readers in 2012. Biographical resources have long been of interest to researchers and general readers, and this title directs readers to the best biographical sources for all regions of the world. For interest in the lives of those not found in biographical resources, this title also serves as a guide to the most useful genealogical resources. Profiling more than 1400 print and electronic sources, this book helps connect librarians and researchers to the most relevant sources of information in genealogy and biography.

The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 339

The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima

  • Categories: Law

In The Protectors of Indians in the Royal Audience of Lima: History, Careers and Legal Culture, 1575-1775 Mauricio Novoa offers an account of the institution that developed in the vice-royalty of Peru for the protection of Indians before the high courts of justice. Making use of historical materials, Novoa provides a comprehensive view on the formation of the legal elite in Lima during the colonial period; reviews the litigation undertaken by indigenous plaintiffs, and explains the legal culture that allowed the development of juristic doctrine around the Indian personal status.

No Mere Shadows
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 202

No Mere Shadows

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: UNM Press

"Shirley Flint explores the stories of three widows in Mexico City, giving us a glimpse at the structure of everyday life in colonial Mexico, especially the ways that women conducted business, practiced religion, and manipulated politics. Each of these widows' stories illustrates an often overlooked aspect of Spanish life in the New World"--Provided by publisher.

Remote Beyond Compare
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 618

Remote Beyond Compare

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1989
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  • Publisher: UNM Press

These personal letters illuminate the author and the history of New Mexico as don Diego experienced it.

Catalogue
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 660

Catalogue

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1962
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Red Captain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 140

The Red Captain

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1994
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Estudos em homenagem ao professor doutor José Marques
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 1866

Estudos em homenagem ao professor doutor José Marques

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Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2635
Viceroy Güemes’s Mexico
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 175

Viceroy Güemes’s Mexico

Viceroy Güemes’s Mexico: Rituals, Religion, and Revenue examines the career of Juan Francisco Güemes y Horcasitas, viceroy of New Spain from 1746 to 1755. It provides the best account yet of how the colonial reform process most commonly known as the Bourbon Reforms did not commence with the arrival of José de Gálvez, the visitador general to New Spain appointed in 1765. Rather, Güemes, ennobled as the conde de Revillagigedo in 1749, pushed through substantial reforms in the late 1740s and early 1750s, most notably the secularization of the doctrinas (turning parishes administering to Natives over to diocesan priests) and the state takeover of the administration of the alcabala tax in ...