The Forging of the Cosmic Race: A Reinterpretation of Colonial Mexico

by Jaime E Rodriguez O, Colin M. MacLachlan, Jaime E. Rodríguez O.

Book Overview

"The Forging of the Cosmic Race" challenges the widely held notion that Mexico's colonial period is the source of many of that country's ills. The authors contend that New Spain was neither feudal nor pre-capitalists as some Neo-Marxist authors have argued. Instead they advance two central themes: that only in New Spain did a true mestizo society emerge, integrating Indians, Europeans, Africans, and Asians into a unique cultural mix; and that colonial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520042808
• ISBN13: 9780520042803
• Release Date: December 1980
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"