MARC Record from marc_columbia

LEADER: 03249mam a2200337 a 4500
001 1640795
005 20220608203148.0
008 940906t19951995miu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 94024553
020 $a0472104845 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm31173909
035 $9AKQ1124CU
035 $a1640795
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dOrLoB
043 $an-mx---
050 00 $aHT653.M6$bN88 1995
082 00 $a305.5/2/0972$220
100 1 $aNutini, Hugo G.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79128036
245 14 $aThe wages of conquest :$bthe Mexican aristocracy in the context of Western aristocracies /$cHugo G. Nutini.
260 $aAnn Arbor :$bUniversity of Michigan Press,$c[1995], ©1995.
300 $axviii, 444 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 403-423) and index.
505 0 $a1. The Formation of Western Stratification: From Greco-Roman Times to the Dark Ages -- 2. Predominance of the Estate System throughout the Middle Ages -- 3. Realignment of Society and the Transition from Estate to Class in Modern Times -- 4. The Conquest of Mexico and the Formation of a Landed Aristocracy in the Sixteenth Century -- 5. Ideology and Expressive Configuration of the Creole Aristocracy as a Social and Ruling Class -- 6. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Economic Dominance and the Growth of Honors and Dignities -- 7. The Nineteenth Century: Expressive and Structural Changes in the Transformation from an Estate to a Class System -- 8. The Twentieth Century: Political Obliteration, Economic Decline, and Expressive Survival.
520 $aThree generations after the Mexican Revolution, the Mexican aristocracy maintains a remarkable awareness of itself as a social class. In The Wages of Conquest, anthropologist Hugo G. Nutini sets out to study this social institution, which has shown an unparalleled continuity in structure, form, and content since its beginning with the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
520 8 $aThe first part of the book gives an outline of Western social stratification from Greco-Roman times, through the Dark and Middle Ages, to the transition from estate to class after the French and American Revolutions. Focusing on social mobility, expression - the behaviors and practices that identify members of different groups - and various combinations of social, ruling, and political functions, Nutini demonstrates that Western aristocracies constitute a unitary system.
520 8 $aIn the second part, Nutini explores the particular case of the Mexican aristocracy, giving a detailed description of its inception, development, flowering, and decline. As he explores the transformation of Mexico throughout Colonial and Republican times he clarifies why despite its loss of political and economic power the Mexican aristocracy is still an institution to be reckoned with.
520 8 $aThis volume will interest sociologists, historians, political scientists, and anthropologists who study Latin America, where several local aristocracies have played powerful roles until recently.
650 0 $aAristocracy (Social class)$zMexico$xHistory.
852 00 $boff,glx$hHT653.M6$iN88 1995