{"product_id":"the-yaquis-and-the-empire-raphael-brewster-folsom-9780300196894","title":"The Yaquis and the Empire: Violence, Spanish Imperial Power, and Native Resilience in Colonial Mexico","description":"This groundbreaking new study examines the history of the Yaqui people and their interactions with the Spanish Empire from first contact through Mexican independence. \u003ci\u003eThe Yaquis and the Empire \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on three ironies: the Yaquis both resisted and came to value their ties with empire; processes of violence and negotiation were ongoing and intertwined throughout the colonial period; and the empire, though weak in manpower and distant from its bases of military and financial strength, was surprisingly effective in its drive to transform the Mexican northwest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using extensive, newly unearthed documentation from archives in Mexico, Spain, the United States, and Italy, Folsom shines brilliant light on the dreams, struggles, and tragedies of all participants in the drama of encounter. This finely wrought portrait of the Yaqui people in colonial times shows in vivid detail how natives, Jesuits, settlers, and government officials together brought a distinctive borderlands society into existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raphael Brewster Folsom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030019689X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300196894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.64h x 6.26w x 1.04d","brand":"Raphael Brewster Folsom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44891021705471,"sku":"9780300196894","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06eb62ab-140b-4ade-a492-a3315c1e417e.jpg?v=1709740699","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-yaquis-and-the-empire-raphael-brewster-folsom-9780300196894","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}