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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the negotiation of categorizations in colonial societies in Spanish America from a new vantage point: fiscality. In early modern empires (poll) taxes were a significant factor to organize and perpetuate social inequalities. By this, fiscal categorizations had very concrete effects on the daily life of the categorized, on their assets and on their labor force. They intersected with social categorizations such as gender, profession, age and what many authors have termed race or ethnicity, but which is denominated here, more accurately with a term from the sources, calidad. They were imposed by legislation from above and contested via petitions from below, the latter being a type of source scarcely analyzed until now.
Table of ContentsGeneral Series Editor’s Preface Acknowledgements Figures and Tables Abbreviations Introduction 1 Comparing Cajamarca and Michoacán 1.1 Tribute, Labor and Social Units from Prehispanic to Spanish Rule 1.2 Cajamarca: between “pueblo de indios” and “villa de españoles” 1.3 Changing Capitals and Political Units in Michoacán 1.4 Demography in the Regions of Study 2 Spanish Colonial Tribute Legislation from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century 2.1 Tributary Legislation: Transcending Previous Studies 2.2 Colonial Obligations besides Tribute: Indirect Taxes and Labor Service 2.3 Tribute and Tributaries: A Perspective from above 2.4 Tribute Categorizations from the Conquest to the Bourbon Reforms 2.5 The Bourbon Reforms in the Eighteenth Century 2.6 The Long Journey toward Abolition in the Nineteenth Century 3 Negotiating Belonging and “Calidad” in Petitions 3.1 The Petitions 3.2 Comparing General Patterns and Chronology 3.3 Ancestry and (il)Legitimacy as Central Elements in the Petitions 4 Petitions by People Categorized as “Migrants” 4.1 “Migrant” Petitions from Cajamarca, Peru 4.2 “Migrant” Petitions from Michoacán, New Spain 5 Petitions Negotiating “Mixed” Ancestry 5.1 Mestizos 5.2 Mulattos 5.3 Ambiguous Categorizations in Cajamarca: (mixtos) quinteros 5.4 The Relationship between laboríos and mulattos in New Spain 5.5 Petitions by Women 5.6 Unknown Ancestry: The Case of the Foundlings 6 Fiscal Categorizations after Independence 6.1 Cajamarcan Categorizations and Petitions in the Nineteenth Century 6.2 Fiscal Categorizations in Michoacán in the Nineteenth Century 7 Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index
