
Californios, Anglos, and the Performance of Oligarchy in the U.S. West
by Andrew Gibb
Power (social sciences)Social structureCalifornia, social life and customsUnited states, civilizationHistorySocial life and customsCivilizationMexican influences
"This interdisciplinary study, drawing from performance studies, theatre historiography, and New Western History, considers the social organization of Mexican California and identifies how characteristic oligarchic power relations were not only the result of unique historical conditions but were also constituted and perpetuated through performance"--
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