Bound Lives : Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru /
O'Toole, Rachel Sarah.
Bound Lives : Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru / Africans, Indians, and the making of race in colonial Peru Rachel Sarah O'Toole. - Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (280 pages). - Pitt Latin American Series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Bound Lives chronicles the lived experience of race relations in northern coastal Peru during the colonial era. Rachel Sarah O'Toole examines how Andeans and Africans negotiated and employed casta, and in doing so, constructed these racial categories. This study highlights the tenuous interactions of colonial authorities, indigenous communities, and enslaved populations and shows how the interplay between colonial law and daily practice shaped the nature of colonialism and slavery.
9780822977964
Caste--History.--Peru
Slavery--History.--Peru
Africans--Colonization--Peru.
Africans--Government relations.--Peru
Indians of South America--Colonization--Peru.
Indians of South America--Government relations.--Peru
Electronic Books.
F3429 / .B686 2012
Bound Lives : Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru / Africans, Indians, and the making of race in colonial Peru Rachel Sarah O'Toole. - Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (280 pages). - Pitt Latin American Series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Bound Lives chronicles the lived experience of race relations in northern coastal Peru during the colonial era. Rachel Sarah O'Toole examines how Andeans and Africans negotiated and employed casta, and in doing so, constructed these racial categories. This study highlights the tenuous interactions of colonial authorities, indigenous communities, and enslaved populations and shows how the interplay between colonial law and daily practice shaped the nature of colonialism and slavery.
9780822977964
Caste--History.--Peru
Slavery--History.--Peru
Africans--Colonization--Peru.
Africans--Government relations.--Peru
Indians of South America--Colonization--Peru.
Indians of South America--Government relations.--Peru
Electronic Books.
F3429 / .B686 2012