Bearing Arms for His Majesty: The Free-Colored Militia in Colonial Mexico Hardcover - 2002
by Ben Vinson
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"This outstanding work is strikingly original, covering a new, important topic through exhaustive research in a wide variety of archives in Mexico and Spain. Vinson's ability to weave together his significant findings from archival research with commentary on other scholarship is praiseworthy and not commonly achieved." - John E. Kicza, Washington State University
"Complementing Lyle N. McAlister's The "Fuero Militar" in New Spain, 1764-1800 and Christon I. Archer's The Army in Bourbon Mexico, 1760-1810, this volume by Vinson focuses on the participants in the free-colored militia of colonial Mexico. He draws his thorough analysis primarily from exhaustive investigations in Mexican national and regional archives. . . . Detailed tables and appendixes support his quantitative analysis. Upper-division undergraduates and above."--Choice
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- Title Bearing Arms for His Majesty: The Free-Colored Militia in Colonial Mexico
- Author Ben Vinson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA
- Date 2002-06-01
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9780804742290 / 0804742294
- Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 9.28 x 6.36 x 0.89 in (23.57 x 16.15 x 2.26 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 16th Century
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: Mexican
- Library of Congress subjects New Spain - Militia - Minorities, Spain - Colonies - America - Defenses
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001020609
- Dewey Decimal Code 355.370
Media reviews
Citations
- Choice, 03/01/2002, Page 1304
- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2001, Page 246
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