Since time immemorial: native custom and law in colonial mexico
Auteur :
Yannakakis, Yanna
Éditeur :
Duke University Press
ISBN :
9781478019626
Date de publication :
5 mai 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
499 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Traces the creation of Indigenous custom as a legal category and its deployment as a strategy of resistance to empire in colonial Mexico. Yannakakis analyzes sources ranging from missionary and Inquisition records to Native pictorial histories, royal surveys, and Spanish and Native-language court and notarial documents.