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Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous late colonial and early republican periods in Quito (1765–1830), this study examines women’s legal, economic, and social status in order to gauge the relationship between the increasingly centralized power of the Bourbon kingship and the local operation of social authority. A gendered reading of judicial documents, legal literatures, and institution discourses reveals that Bourbon attempts to restrict women’s access to legal resources were resisted by a traditional local legal culture based on practices of consultation, negotiation, judicial discretion, and contingency. This customary judicial practice, Black argues, played a fundamental role in limiting gender domination and prevented the full realization of a legal, economic, or social patriarchy in colonial Quito.

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  1. Front Cover
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. illustrations and Tables
  2. pp. ix-xi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. xii
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  1. Introduction: Governance, Legal Culture, Gender
  2. pp. 1-26
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  1. SECTION I: 1765–1809
  2. pp. 27-28
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  1. 1: Quito 1765: Justice, Rebellion, Reform
  2. pp. 29-71
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  1. 2: Practice I: Sexed Crimes
  2. pp. 72-120
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  1. 3: Practice II: Women, Property, Civil Dispute
  2. pp. 121-162
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  1. SECTION II: 1809–1830
  2. pp. 163-164
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  1. 4: Quito 1809: In Defense of Religion, King, and Patr
  2. pp. 165-201
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  1. 5: Practice III: In the Name of King and Constitution
  2. pp. 202-224
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  1. 6: Practice IV: In the Name of the Law
  2. pp. 225-262
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  1. Appendix I: Occupations in the Santa B
  2. pp. 263-264
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  1. Appendix II: List of Adulterous Couples from the Pueblo of Chillogallo, 1790
  2. pp. 265-266
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  1. Appendix III: Licensure Totals, 1765–1829
  2. pp. 267-272
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 273-328
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 329-347
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 348-355
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  1. Back Cover
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