Choice, Persuasion and
Coercion: Social Control on Spain's North American Frontiers,
Jesus F. de la Teja and Ross Frank, eds. Albuquerque: University of
New Mexico Press, 2005.
A
Trans-Borderland Conference
The Spanish frontier is often juxtaposed against the English frontier as a zone of "inclusion" as opposed to English "exclusion" of subject peoples. But, the broad category of "inclusion" masks a variety of ways in which Spaniards sought to control subjects and potential subjects. This conference marked the culmination of a year-long dialogue between scholars from Mexico, the U.S., and Spain, as each explores the nature of social control in the region he or she knows best, explaining how and why the institutions and practices in that region depart from or adhere to what are generally perceived as "norms" on the Spanish frontier. A book of essays edited by Frank de la Teja and Ross Frank resulted from the program.
Introduction: Frank de
la Teja and Ross Frank, conference organizers
and editors
Texas
Juliana Barr
(History, Rutgers University)
"Beyond their Control: Spaniards in Native Texas"
Coahuila
José
Cuello (Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies, Wayne
State University)
"Hierarchies of Race in Colonial Mexico: The 'Sistema de Castas' as a Form
of Social Control in Saltillo, 1777-1791"
Nuevo León
Cecilia Sheridan (CIESAS COAHUILA, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico)
"Transformaciones en la territorialidad nativa
hacia el noreste de Nueva España"
New Mexico
Ross Frank (Ethnic
Studies, University of California, San Diego)
"'They
conceal a malice most refined': Controlling Social and Ethnic Mobility in
Late Colonial New Mexico"
Sonora-Arizona
Cynthia Radding
(History, University of Illinois -Champaign-Urbana)
"The común, Local Governance, and Defiance in
Colonial Sonora"
Nueva Vizcaya
Susan Deeds
(History, Northern Arizona University)
"Magic, Fantasy, Gender, and Power in Nueva
Vizcaya: Antonia de Soto's Transformation from Servant to Swashbuckler"
Social Control
James Sandos (History, University of Redlands)
“Social Control on Spain’s North American Frontiers: Choice,
Persuasion, and Coercion in Alta California, 1769-1821”
Florida
Jane Landers
(History, Vanderbilt University)
"Social
Control on Spain's Contested Florida Frontier"
Louisiana
Gilbert C. Din (Professor
of History Emeritus, Fort Lewis College
"Spanish Control Over a Multi-Ethnic Society:
Louisiana, 1763-1803"
Special Participant/Observer: David Holtby, Editor-in-Chief, UNM Presss
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