Nancy Farriss

Nancy Marguerite Farriss is an American historian.

Life

Nancy Marguerite Farriss was born on May 23, 1938. She obtained her doctorate from University College London in 1965, after completing her first degree at Barnard College, USA. This was followed by brief posts at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica and the College of William and Mary, USA. In 1971 she was appointed as Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and continued there for the rest of her career, becoming Annenberg Professor of History in 1990.^[1][2] Her speciality was the history of Latin America.

Awards

• 1983 Guggenheim Fellowship ^[3]
• 1986 MacArthur Fellows Program

Works

• Ecclesiastical immunity in new Spain 1760-1815 1965
• Crown and clergy in colonial Mexico, 1759-1821: the crisis of ecclesiastical privilege, Athlone Press, 1968
• Maya society under colonial rule: the collective enterprise of survival. Princeton University Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-691-10158-3.

References

1. http://www.history.upenn.edu/ethno/farriss.html
2. Farriss, Nancy M. "Guide to the Nancy M. Farris, 1938 Papers 1959-1990" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
3. http://www.gf.org/fellows/4392-nancy-m-farriss

External links

Autor(es): Nancy Farriss. Traducción de María Palomar

ISBN: ISBN CNCA 978-607-455-968-2 / ISBN Artes de México 978-607-461-103-8 Pasta: Rústica Número de páginas: 552 Idioma: Español Publicación: CONACULTA – INAH / Artes de México Precio: $600 Ciudad de publicación: México, D. F. País de publicación: México