Rebellious Nuns: The Troubled History of a Mexican Convent, 1752-1863 0195182219, 2005040660

Nuns as Artists: The Visual Culture of a Medieval Convent (Volume 37) [1 ed.] 9780520203860, 0520203860

Jeffrey F. Hamburger's groundbreaking study of the art of female monasticism explores the place of images and image

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Called to Serve: A History of Nuns in America 9780814724729

Winner, Conference on the History of Women Religious (CHWR) Distinguished Book Award Winner, 2014 Catholic Book Award

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Jesus in Our Wombs: Embodying Modernity in a Mexican Convent 9780520938205, 9780520242685

In Jesus in Our Wombs, Rebecca J. Lester takes us behind the walls of a Roman Catholic convent in central Mexico to expl

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Mexican Literature: A History 9780292733978

Mexico has a rich literary heritage that extends back over centuries to the Aztec and Mayan civilizations. This major re

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Naturalizing Mexican Immigrants: A Texas History 9780292729988

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a majority of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States

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To Serve God in Holy Freedom: The Brief Rebellion of the Nuns of the Royal Convent of Santa Mónica, Goa, India, 1731–1734 1000170942, 9781000170948

This book presents one of the first accounts of Christianity in colonial India by a nun. Set in Goa in the early eightee

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Lives of the Nuns: Biographies of Chinese Buddhist Nuns from the Fourth to Sixth Centuries 9780824843014

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The Mexican Revolution: A Short History 1910-1920 9781608461837

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The Mexican Revolution: A Short History 1910-1920 9781608461837

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The Mexican Revolution: A Short History 1910-1920 9781608461837

Long after its outbreak, the revolution remains the defining moment in Mexico’s modern history. Yet the debate over its

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