Today, we have an interview with Professor Matt O'Hara. Professor O'Hara teaches at UC Santa Cruz and is an expert on Colonial Mexican History.
Books
Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico by Ben Vinson III
The Woman on the Windowsill: A Tale of Mystery in Several Parts by Sylvia Sellers-García
Promiscuous Power: An Unorthodox History of New Spain by Martin Nesvig
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