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Author Villella, Peter B., author.

Title Indigenous elites and Creole identity in Colonial Mexico, 1500-1800 / Peter B. Villella
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cambridge Latin American Studies ; 101
Cambridge Latin American studies ; 101.
Contents Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Note on language; 1 Introduction; 2 The natural lords: asserting continuity, 1531-66; 3 Cacique informants and early Spanish texts, 1535-80; 4 Cacique-chroniclers and the origins of creole historiography, 1580-1640; 5 Cacique-hidalgos: envisioning ancient roots in the mature colony; 6 Cacique-patrons: Mexicanizing the church; 7 Cacique-letrados: an Indian gentry after 1697; 8 Cacique-ambassadors and the "Indian nation" in Bourbon Mexico; 9 Conclusion; Works cited; Index
Summary This book explores colonial indigenous historical accounts to offer a new interpretation of the origins of Mexico's neo-Aztec patriotic identity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 19, 2016)
Subject Creoles -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century
Creoles -- Mexico -- History -- 17th century
Creoles -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century
Elite (Social sciences) -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century
Elite (Social sciences) -- Mexico -- History -- 17th century
Elite (Social sciences) -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Creoles
Elite (Social sciences)
Mexico
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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