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National colors : racial classification and the state in Latin America /

"The era of official color-blindness in Latin America has come to an end. For the first time in decades, nearly every state in Latin America now asks their citizens to identify their race or ethnicity on the national census. Most observers approvingly highlight the historic novelty of these ref...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Loveman, Mara, 1972-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, USA, [2014]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. Introduction: Ethnoracial Classification and the State
  • 2. Classifying Colonial Subjects
  • 3. Enumerating Nations
  • 4. The Race to Progress
  • 5. Constructing Natural Orders
  • 6. From Race to Culture
  • 7. We All Count
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.