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

Contents

Contents Figures ix Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 3 1 Race and Class in Colonial Mexico City, 1521-1660 9 2 Life among the Urban Poor: Material Culture and Plebeian Society 27 3 The Significance and Ambiguities of"Race" 49 4 Plebeian Race Relations 68 5 Patrons and Plebeians: Labor as a System of Social Control 86 6 The Fragility of "Success": Upwardly Mobile Castas in Mexico City 106 7 The Riot of 1692 125 Conclusion 161 Appendix: List ofCasta and Indian Wills 169 Notes 171 Selected Bibliography 201 Index 211 vii ...