General histories of the rancho areas from 1500-1900

Can anyone suggest good histories, in Spanish or English, for this region prior to 1900? Thanks!

This book, "The haciendas of Mexico : a list of plantations and principal farms in the Republic of Mexico together with the names and post-office addresses of their owners," from about 1883, gives some information on the haciendas, but no history. The book is in English.

You can down-load a copy from archive.org at https://archive.org/details/haciendasofmexic00coch

George Fulton