Building colonial cities of God mendicant orders and urban culture in New Spain, 1570-1800 / [electronic resource] :
Karen Melvin.
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2012.
- xiii, 365 p. : map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ordering cities : urban convents and friars, 1570-1810 -- Distinguishing habits : corporate and collective mendicant identities -- Serving cities : orders and their urban ministries -- Defining religions : mendicant connections and disconnections in urban society -- Loving complaints : orders and the formation of local religious culture.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.