Drinking, Homicide, and Rebellion in Colonial Mexican VillagesStanford University Press, 1 jun 1979 - 242 páginas This study analyzes the impact of Spanish rule on Indian peasant identity in the late colonial period by investigating three areas of social behavior. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, it attempts to discover how peasants conceived of their role under Spanish rule, how they behaved under various kinds of street, and how they felt about their Spanish overlords. In examining the character of village uprisings, typical relationships between killers and the people they killed, and the drinking patterns of the late colonial period, the author finds no warrant for the familiar picture of sullen depredation and despair. Landed peasants of colonial Mexico drank moderately on the whole, and mostly on ritual occasions; they killed for personal and not political reasons. Only when new Spanish encroachments threatened their lands and livelihoods did their grievances flare up in rebellion, and these occasions were numerous but brief. The author bolsters his conclusions with illuminating comparisons with other peasant societies. |
Índice
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10 | |
Indian Population of Intendancies in Central Mexico 1810 | 26 |
DRINKING | 28 |
Pulque Revenue by District 1782 and 1792 | 46 |
Pulque Drink Areas in the Late Eighteenth Century | 48 |
Pulque Revenue by Month for 38 Districts 1796 | 49 |
Female Indian Offenders and Victims | 84 |
OffenderVictim Relationships | 86 |
Motives Ascribed by Offenders in Homicides and Assaults | 94 |
Alcohol in Armed Assaults and Homicides | 95 |
Sentences for Homicide | 98 |
REBELLION | 113 |
Comparison of Village Uprisings and Agricultural Crises in Central Mexico 17031811 | 130 |
CONCLUSION | 152 |
Pulque Revenue in the Jurisdiction of Huajuapan 1794 | 51 |
Producing Magueyes in the Jurisdiction of Coyoacán 1778 | 53 |
Destination of Spanish Brandy Passing Through the Port of Veracruz 1792 | 56 |
HOMICIDE | 73 |
Distribution of Homicides Throughout the Day | 77 |
Daily Distribution of Homicides | 78 |
Location of Homicides | 79 |
Homicide Weapons | 81 |
Peasant Villages 152 The Colonial Order | 160 |
APPENDIXES | 171 |
APPENDIXES | 173 |
Summary of the Alcalde Mayors Daybook Yanhuitlán 16061608 | 179 |
Homicides in Oaxaca 18691870 18711872 18741875 | 181 |
NOTES | 185 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 207 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Drinking, Homicide, and Rebellion in Colonial Mexican Villages William B. Taylor Vista previa restringida - 1979 |
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