Between Marginalization and Integration: Colonial Castas in the Zacatecas Area at the Beginning of the 18th Century

• Autores: Soizic Croguennec
• Localización: Jahrbuch für Geschichte Lateinamerikas = Anuario de Historia de América Latina ( JbLA ), ISSN-e 2194-3680, Nº. 48, 2011, págs. 203-226
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The large amount of civil and criminal suits that occurred during the 18th century in Zacatecas helps us to apprehend the castas in their daily lives and to discover and understand the way they were integrated, or not, in this particular, remote mining region. This task is made easier by the utilization of methodological tools such as social networks, which give us a different point of view: that of the individual. A criminal event dating from January 1709 is the occasion to literally meet many castas in various social positions and to further our understanding of these elusive populations who constantly swayed between complete marginalization and real integration.