{"product_id":"the-patas-david-yetman-9780816528974","title":"The ﾓpatas: In Search of a Sonoran People","description":"In 1600 they were the largest, most technologically advanced indigenous group in northwest Mexico, but today, though their descendants presumably live on in Sonora, almost no one claims descent from the  patas. The  patas seem to have \"disappeared\" as an ethnic group, their languages forgotten except for the names of the towns, plants, and geography of the Opater a, where they lived. Why did the  patas disappear from the historical record while their neighbors survived? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Yetman, a leading ethnobotanist who has traveled extensively in Sonora, consulted more than two hundred archival sources to answer this question. The result is an accessible ethnohistory of the  patas, one that embraces historical complexity with an eye toward Opatan strategies of resistance and assimilation. Yetman's account takes us through the Opatans' initial encounters with the conquistadors, their resettlement in Jesuit missions, clashes with Apaches, their recruitment as miners, and several failed rebellions, and ultimately arrives at an explanation for their \"disappearance.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYetman's account is bolstered by conversations with present-day residents of the Opater a and includes a valuable appendix on the languages of the Opater a by linguistic anthropologist David Shaul. One of the few studies devoted exclusively to this indigenous group, \u003ci\u003e The  patas: In Search of a Sonoran People\u003c\/i\u003e marks a significant contribution to the literature on the history of the greater Southwest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Yetman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816528977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816528974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/17\/2010 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 58","brand":"David Yetman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054871441663,"sku":"9780816528974","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_181b2ff8-e096-41f1-80b6-956a2ecdecb0.jpg?v=1685032470","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-patas-david-yetman-9780816528974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}