A Colonial Cacicazgo: the Mendozas of Seventeenth-Century Tepexí de la Seda

The cacicazgo, or indigenous lordship, was a pivotal institution in colonial Mexican Indian pueblos. Caciques, or Indian nobles, played a role, both in the largely indigenous world of the pueblo and in the regional economy that was dominated by Spaniards. This subject of this essay is the analysis o...

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Main Author: Rik Hoekstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEDLA 2010-10-01
Series:European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Online Access:http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9459/