The Secret History of Gender: Women, Men, and Power in Late Colonial MexicoIn this study of gender relations in late colonial Mexico (ca. 1760 1821), Steve Stern analyzes the historical connections between gender, power, and politics in the lives of peasants, Indians, and other marginalized peoples. Through vignettes of everyday life, he challenges assumptions about gender relations and political culture in a patriarchal society. He also reflects on continuity and change between late colonial times and the present and