Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico Ivan M. Illan fully earns all five shining

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Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico Ivan M. Illan fully earns all five shiningThis book opens new dimensions on race in Latin America by examining the extreme caste groups of colonial Mexico. In tracing their experiences, a broader understanding of the connection between mestizaje (Latin America's modern ideology of racial mixture) and the colonial caste system is rendered. Before mestizaje emerged as a primary concept in Latin America, an earlier precursor existed that must be taken seriously. This colonial form of racial