Forging of the Cosmic Race - A Reinterpretation of Colonial Mexico

"MacLachlan and Rodríguez have written a masterly narrative history of pre-colonial and colonial Mexico. . . . In synthesizing a massive amount of recent scholarship, the authors have done great service. . . . The book will please the demanding scholar [as well as] the reader who wants an introduction to the history of Spain's richest colony."—James W. Wilkie

List of contents

List of Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One
1. The Setting
2. Ancient Mexico
3. The Mexica-Aztecs
4. The Birth of New Spain, 1519-1530

Part Two
5. The Institutional Process
6. The Economy
7. Society
8. Women and the Family

Part Three
9. Rationalization, Reform, and Reaction
10. The Process of Independence
11. A Rejected Legacy

Bibliographical Essay
Sources for Illustration
Index

About the author

Colin M. MacLachlan is Associate Professor of History at Tulane University; Jamie E. Rodríguez O. is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine.

Summary

Challenges the widely held notion that Mexico's colonial period is the source of many of that country's ills. This study begins with a discussion of the area's rich pre-Columbian heritage. It traces the merging of two great cultural traditions - the Meso-american and the European - which occurred as a consequence of the Spanish conquest.

Product details

• Authors: Colin M. Maclachlan, Colin M. Rodriguez Maclachlan, Colin M. Rodriguez O. Maclachlan, MacLachlan Colin M., Jaime E. Rodriguez, Rodriguez Jaime E., Jaime E. Rodriguez O.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.12.1980
• EAN: 9780520042803
• ISBN: 978-0-520-04280-3
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mexico, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599