De las misiones a los ranchos y haciendas

by Saúl Jerónimo Romero

"Argues that before the mid-19th century, the state of Sonora was populated by small and medium landowners and also had communal and ejido land. This process of land tenure began toward the end of the 18th century. Work is based on property registers made between 1770-1829"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.