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Challenges the traditional view of castas (members of the caste system created by Spanish overlords) as alienated and dominated by a desire to improve their status. This text argues that instead, social control by the Spanish rested on patron-client networks.

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"A superb book, of obvious interest not only to Latin Americanists but also to those who study race relations in a hemispheric context."—Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University

"""A superb book, of obvious interest not only to Latin Americanists but also to those who study race relations in a hemispheric context.""—Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University ""A superb book, of obvious interest not only to Latin Americanists but also to those who study race relations in a hemispheric context.""--Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University"

A superb book, of obvious interest not only to Latin Americanists but also to those who study race relations in a hemispheric context. --Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University A superb book, of obvious interest not only to Latin Americanists but also to those who study race relations in a hemispheric context. -Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University

A superb book, of obvious interest not only to Latin Americanists but also to those who study race relations in a hemispheric context. --Frederick P. Bowser, Stanford University

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