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Author Gibb, Andrew, 1969- author.

Title Californios, Anglos, and the performance of oligarchy in the U.S. West : how the first generation of Mexican Americans fashioned a new nation / Andrew Gibb
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages) : illustrations
Series Theater in the Americas
Theater in the Americas.
Contents Dramaturgical notes 1 -- Curtain raiser -- The angels -- Collaborations -- A question of casting -- Dress rehearsal
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Subtitle taken from cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 2, 2018)
Subject Power (Social sciences) -- California -- History -- 19th century
Social structure -- California -- History -- 19th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Civilization -- Mexican influences
Manners and customs
Power (Social sciences)
Social structure
SUBJECT California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018894
California -- Civilization -- Mexican influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2018000525
Subject California
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780809336487
0809336480