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The Mexican aristocracy : an expressive ethnography, 1910-2000 /

"This ethnography describes the transformation of the Mexican aristocracy from the onset of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, when the aristocracy was unquestionably Mexico's highest-ranking social class, until the end of the twentieth century, when it had almost ceased to function as a supe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nutini, Hugo G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Demographic composition and contextual definition of the aristocracy
  • The relationship of class and ethnicity: somatic and racial considerations
  • The realization of expression in the ethnographic context
  • The organization of urban living: settlement, residence, and the household
  • Economy, material culture, and political participation
  • Religion: ideology, worship, and the ritual-ceremonial complex
  • Social organization: the configuration and interrelationship of kinship units and institutions
  • Internal stratification and organization of the group.