Author

Publication

2001 - Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCUA605.M55 V56 2001
  • LCCUA605

Description

"This study uses the participation of free-colored men, whether mulatos, pardos, or morenos (i.e., Afro-Spaniards, Afro-Indians, or "pure blacks"), in New Spain's militias as a prism for examining race relations, racial identity, racial categorization, and issues of social mobility for racially stigmatized groups in Colonial Mexico. By 1793, nearly 10 percent of New Spain's population was made up of people who could trace some African ancestry - people subject to more legal disabilities and social discrimination than mestizos, who in turn fell below white creoles, who in turn fell below the Spanish-born, in the stratified and caste-like society of Colonial Spanish America."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

BlacksFreemenMilitiaDefensesColoniesMinoritiesBlack people

Other Editions

  • Bearing arms for his majesty: the free-colored militia in colonial MexicoStanford University Press2001-01-01

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