LoginRace and Class in Colonial Oaxaca
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In this case study of changing social stratification in the city of Antequera (now Oaxaca) during the period of Spanish rule, the author's central concern is the development and functioning of the sistema de castas - the system of ranked ethnic statuses, encoded in Spanish law, that emerged in response to the growth of the city's racially mixed population. Using parish records, lawsuits, and other archival sources, he demonstrates that this system was far from static throughout the three centuries of colonial rule and, more surprisingly, was not so rigid as most students of the period contend. In fact, he finds, an unexpectedly
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