Books by "Diego de Vargas"
5 books found
Diego Javier Luis tells the story of transpacific Asian movement to and through the Spanish Americas. On arrival in Mexico, diverse Asian peoples became “chinos” subject to the colonial caste system. Tracing Asian resistance and adaptation to New Spanish ideas of race, Luis presents a Pacific-focused narrative of the colonial Americas.
A documentary account of the resettlement of New Mexico composed of journals and official government records from the late 17th century.
Through The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, translated from official and private correspondence, we are drawn back, through conflict and compromise, into New Mexico's formative era in this boxed set.
These personal letters illuminate the author and the history of New Mexico as don Diego experienced it.