Winner of the Arthur P. Whitaker Prize as \u201cthe best book in Latin American Studies in 1990-1991 Mexico's colonial experience had left a bitter legacy. Many believed that only the physical removal of the old colonial elite could allow the creation of a new political and economic order. While expulsion seemed to provide the answer, the expulsion decrees met stiff resistance and caused a tug-of-war between enforcement and evasion that went on for...
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