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Author Villella, Peter B., author.

Title Indigenous elites and Creole identity in Colonial Mexico, 1500-1800 / Peter B. Villella.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge Latin American Studies ; 101
Cambridge Latin American studies ; 101.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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Subject Creoles -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century.
Creoles.
Mexico.
History.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Creoles -- Mexico -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Creoles -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Elite (Social sciences) -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century.
Elite (Social sciences)
Elite (Social sciences) -- Mexico -- History -- 17th century.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Mexico -- History -- 18th century.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Chronological Term 1500-1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9781107129030
ISBN 9781316680971 (electronic book)
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