Purchasing whiteness pardos, mulattos, and the quest for social mobility in the Spanish Indies

Purchasing whiteness : pardos, mulattos, and the quest for social mobility in the Spanish Indies / Ann Twinam.

Author/creator	Twinam, Ann, 1946-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]
Description	xvii, 534 pages : map ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Racially mixed people--Spain --Colonies --History. Race discrimination--Caribbean Area --History. Race discrimination--Spain --Colonies --History. Racially mixed people--Legal status, laws, etc. --Caribbean Area --History. Caribbean Area--Race relations --History. Spain--Colonies --America --Race relations.

Contents	Conclusions : a century of historiography -- Introductions : alternative approaches -- Interstices : seeking spaces for mobility -- Connections : genealogical mathematics -- Benchmarks : commoditizing whiteness, Cuba and Panama -- Balances : weighing the price of whiteness -- Exceptions : the Venezuelan cluster -- Opportunities : whitening, the first year 1795-1796 -- Dissentions and discords, 1796-1803 -- Denouements, 1803-1806 -- Recalibrations : the mystery consulta and the cortes, 1806-1810 -- Evolutions : vassals to citizens? -- Retrospectives : tidbits, chunks, and conclusions.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-489) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014025471
ISBN	9780804750929 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780804750936 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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