Social Stratification in Central Mexico, 1500-2000

by Barry Isaac, Hugo G. Nutini, Barry L. Isaac

In Aztec and colonial Central Mexico, every individual was destined for lifelong placement in a legally defined social stratum or estate. Social mobility became possible after independence from Spain in 1821 and increased after the 1910-1920 Revolution. By 2000, the landed aristocracy that was for long Mexico's ruling class had been replaced by a plutocracy whose wealth derives from manufacturing, commerce, and finance-but rapid growth of the urban...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292723512
• ISBN13: 9780292723511
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"