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Géneros de gente in early colonial Mexico : defining racial difference /

Examines the development of racial categories and stereotypes in early colonial Mexico, the establishment of a discriminatory legal system by the Spanish government and the inability of that system to limit the social and economic advancement of non-Spaniards.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwaller, Robert C., 1981- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Mexico > Race relations > History > 16th century.
Mexico > Race relations > History > 17th century.
Mestizaje > Mexico > History.
Ethnicity > Mexico > History.
Race discrimination > Mexico > History.
Racially mixed people > Mexico > History > 16th century.
Racially mixed people > Mexico > History > 17th century.
Blacks > Race identity > Mexico.
Mestizos > Race identity > Mexico.
Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
Table of Contents:
  • Ideology and law
  • Defining difference in Iberia and the Americas
  • Shaping society
  • Lived experience
  • Tacit espanoles
  • Afro-indigenous mulatos
  • Marriage
  • Occupation
  • Conclusion.