The Limits of Racial Domination: Plebeian Society in Colonial Mexico City, 1660-1720 / Edition 1

by R. Douglas Cope

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299140441
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	04/15/1994
Series:	Writing
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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

Editorial Reviews

Examines how the social class structure in colonial Mexico was much more complex then simple racial divisions between natives and Spanish. Mexico City is chosen as the exemplar because as capital of New Spain it was the most racially diverse population and because it provides a great fertility of sources, which include Inquisition and criminal cases, notarial records, civil and ecclesiastical documents, and parish registers for even the lower classes after about 1660. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"A superb book, of obvious interest not only to Latin Americanists but also to those who study race relations in a hemispheric context."—Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University

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