"[Dobyns] has written a fascinating account of the ethnic development of early Tucson. Using a variety of methods and sources, he reveals how Spaniards, mestizos from New Spain, and Native Americans from many tribes laid the ethnic foundations for the modern city. The book also provides much insight into the general history of Spanish colonial society as it evolved in the Tucson area to 1821. . . . Dobyns, utilizing previously unpublished primary sources, allows the early inhabitants of the Tucson area to speak for ...
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"[Dobyns] has written a fascinating account of the ethnic development of early Tucson. Using a variety of methods and sources, he reveals how Spaniards, mestizos from New Spain, and Native Americans from many tribes laid the ethnic foundations for the modern city. The book also provides much insight into the general history of Spanish colonial society as it evolved in the Tucson area to 1821. . . . Dobyns, utilizing previously unpublished primary sources, allows the early inhabitants of the Tucson area to speak for themselves, and their comments add much to a very colorful and exciting but often grim story. . . . And his penetrating look at the ethnic development of early Tucson should attract attention from anyone interested in a better understanding of how the nation as a whole achieved its multi-cultural character." -- The Journal of American History
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Reader copy. USED ACCEPTABLE Former Library Book Paperback. It has normal library markings including card holder/reference sticker and library call number on spine. Minor tears and creasing to the cover and page edge of a few pages. Folds and wrinkles to the cover and some inside pages. Much cover scuff/scratches/indents, bent/exposed corners and edges and cover creasing, wrinkled/folded pages. It contains a school ID number/name or sticker or both on or inside the book covered with black marker or white blackout label. Reinforced with white or clear library tape on binding and inside covers. Some yellowing of pages due to age.
