The Limits of Racial Domination: Plebeian Society in Colonial Mexico City, 1660-1720 (Writing) - Softcover

Cope, R.Douglas

 
9780299140441: The Limits of Racial Domination: Plebeian Society in Colonial Mexico City, 1660-1720 (Writing)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 029914044X ISBN 13: 9780299140441
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994

Synopsis

Challenges the traditional view of castas (members of the caste system created by Spanish overlords) as alienated and dominated by a desire to improve their status. This text argues that instead, social control by the Spanish rested on patron-client networks.

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About the Author

R. Douglas Cope is assistant professor of history at Brown University.

From the Back Cover

in this distinguished contribution to Latin American colonial history, Cope draws upon a wide variety of sources to challenge the traditional view of castas as rootless, alienated, and dominated by a desire to improve their racial status. A revealing look at the economic lives of the urban poor in the colonial era, this book examines a period in which critical social changes were occurring.

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
029914044X
ISBN 13 
9780299140441
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232

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