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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Language: | English |
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2010-10-01
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Series: | European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
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Online Access: | http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9459/ |