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- PublisherResearch School of CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 9057890119
- ISBN 13 9789057890116
- BindingUnknown Binding
- Number of pages333
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The Demise of the Caciques of Atlacomulco, Mexico, 1598-1821: A Reconstruction (CNWS Publications, 68)
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Research School of CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies, 1998
ISBN 10: 9057890119
ISBN 13: 9789057890116
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 333 pp., bibliography. Doctoral thesis at the University of Leiden. During the colonial period, the Indian population of Mexico retained self-government at the local level in Indian municipalities, called pueblos de indios. A the beginning of the colonial period, these pueblos were, as a rule, governed by members of the local Indian nobility, the caciques. The later fate of the pueblos and their rulers knew many variations, depending on regional and sometimes even local conditions. This book presents a long-term case study of local power in colonial central Mexico. The author has investigated the political, economic and social power as it was distributed and exercised in the pueblo de indios of Atlacomulco between 1598 and 1821. She has analyzed documentation related to the affairs of local government, such as tribute collection, and court cases in which the claims to power of particular caciques were contested. The concepts of reciprocity, legitmation, and normative economy have been used as analytical tools to explain the position of the caciques as local powerholders, the relationships among them, and their relationship with the Indian commoners. This book also tells a story of gradual change in a process of two centuries, Atlacomulco changed from a relatively isolated pueblo, dominated by caciques, to a booming merchant town, dominated by Spanish merchants. This process of change was shaped by different economic, demographic and geographic factors but the functioning of local power itself also attributed tot he waning of cacique power. Seller Inventory # 9057890119AMA010319
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