The Father of All: The de La Guerra Family, Power, and Patriarchy in Mexican California

by Louise Pubols

Historian Louise Pubols presents a rich and nuanced study of a key family in California's past: the de la Guerras of Santa Barbara.

Amid sweeping economic and political changes, including the U.S.-Mexican War, the de la Guerra family continually adapted and reinvented themselves. This absorbing narrative is much more than the history of an elite and powerful family, however. Pubols analyzes the region's trading and provisioning economy and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087328240X
• ISBN13: 9780873282406
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Huntington Library Press
• Length: 435 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"