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contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 3 p a r t o n e : Historical Overview 1 Estates and Classes 17 2 Race and Ethnicity 33 3 Haciendas and Their Workers 68 p a r t t w o : The Postrevolutionary Period (1920–2000) 4 The Upper Classes: Aristocracy, Plutocracy, Political Class, and Prestige Upper-Middle Class 97 5 The Middle Classes 123 6 The Urban Lower Classes 143 7 The Indian-Mestizo Transition: From Ethnic Estates to Social Classes 171 8 Expression and Social Class 209 Conclusion 227 References 241 Index 263 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

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