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Record Nr.

UNISA996248099003316

Autore

Cope R. Douglas

Titolo

The limits of racial domination : plebeian society in colonial Mexico City, 1660-1720 / / R. Douglas Cope

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c1994

ISBN

0-299-14043-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 220 p. )

Disciplina

972/.53

Soggetti

Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Mexico City - History

Poor - Mexico - Mexico City - History

Mexico City (Mexico) History

Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810

Mexico City (Mexico) Race relations

Mexico City (Mexico) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Race and Class in Colonial Mexico City, 1521-1660 -- 2. Life among the Urban Poor: Material Culture and Plebian Society -- 3. The Significance and Ambiguities of "Race -- 4. Plebian Race Relations -- 5. Patrons and Plebians: Labor as a System of Social Control -- 6. The Fragility of "Success": Upwardly Mobile Castas in Mexico City -- 7. The Riot of 1692 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: List of Casta and Indian Wills -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.