The Limits of Racial Domination: Plebeian Society in Colonial Mexico City, 1660-1720 by R. Douglas Cope

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

R. Douglas Cope

232 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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-clie...

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