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Drinking, Homicide, and Rebellion in Colonial Mexican Villages

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ISBN-10: 0804711127

ISBN-13: 9780804711128

Edition: 1979

Authors: William B. Taylor

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Description:

This study analyzes the impact of Spanish rule on Indian peasant identity in the late colonial period by investigating three areas of social behavior. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, it attempts to discover how peasants conceived of their role under Spanish rule, how they behaved under various kinds of street, and how they felt about their Spanish overlords.In examining the character of village uprisings, typical relationships between killers and the people they killed, and the drinking patterns of the late colonial period, the author finds no warrant for the familiar picture of sullen depredation and despair. Landed…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 6/1/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 242
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
the Colonial Setting
Drinking
Homicide
Rebellion
Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Index