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Indigenous elites and Creole identity in Colonial Mexico, 1500-1800
- Title
- Indigenous elites and Creole identity in Colonial Mexico, 1500-1800 / Peter B. Villella.
- Author
- Villella, Peter B.
- Publication
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 346 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Modern Mexico derives many of its richest symbols of national heritage and identity from the Aztec legacy, even as it remains a predominantly Spanish-speaking, Christian society. This volume argues that the composite, neo-Aztec flavor of Mexican identity was, in part, a consequence of active efforts by indigenous elites after the Spanish conquest to grandfather ancestral rights into the colonial era. By emphasizing the antiquity of their claims before Spanish officials, native leaders extended the historical awareness of the colonial regime into the pre-Hispanic past, and therefore also the themes, emotional contours, and beginning points of what we today understand as 'Mexican history'. This emphasis on ancient roots, moreover, resonated with the patriotic longings of many creoles, descendants of Spaniards born in Mexico. Alienated by Spanish scorn, Creoles associated with indigenous elites and studied their histories, thereby reinventing themselves as Mexico's new 'native' leadership and the heirs to its prestigious antiquity."--Publisher description.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge Latin American Studies ; 101
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge Latin American studies ; 101.
- Subjects
- Mexico
- Elite (Social sciences)
- Caciques (Indian leaders)
- Creoles
- Assimilation (Sociology)
- National characteristics, Mexican
- Mexico > History > Spanish colony, 1540-1810
- Elite (Social sciences) > Mexico > History
- National characteristics, Mexican > History
- History
- Caciques (Indian leaders) > Mexico > History
- Creoles > Mexico > History
- 1540-1810
- Assimilation (Sociology) > Mexico > History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-336) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-3924
- ISBN
- 9781107129030
- 1107129036
- OCLC
- 926819968
- Author
- Villella, Peter B.
- Title
- Indigenous elites and Creole identity in Colonial Mexico, 1500-1800 / Peter B. Villella.
- Publisher
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge Latin American Studies ; 101Cambridge Latin American studies ; 101.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-336) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1540-1810
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-3924