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050	0	4	_aF2191 _b.P873 2015
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aTwinam, Ann, _d1946- _e1
245	1	0	_aPurchasing whiteness : _bpardos, mulattos, and the quest for social mobility in the Spanish Indies / _cAnn Twinam.
260			_aStanford, California : _bStanford University Press, _c(c)2015.
300			_a1 online resource (553 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
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505	0	0	_aConclusions : a century of historiography -- _tIntroductions : alternative approaches -- _tInterstices : seeking spaces for mobility -- _tConnections : genealogical mathematics -- _tBenchmarks : commoditizing whiteness, Cuba and Panama -- _tBalances : weighing the price of whiteness -- _tExceptions : the Venezuelan cluster -- _tOpportunities : whitening, the first year 1795-1796 -- _tDissentions and discords, 1796-1803 -- _tDenouements, 1803-1806 -- _tRecalibrations : the mystery consulta and the cortes, 1806-1810 -- _tEvolutions : vassals to citizens? -- _tRetrospectives : tidbits, chunks, and conclusions.
520	0		_a"The colonization of Spanish America resulted in the mixing of Natives, Europeans, and Africans and the subsequent creation of a casta system that discriminated against them. Members of mixed races could, however, free themselves from such burdensome restrictions through the purchase of a gracias al sacar--a royal exemption that provided the privileges of Whiteness. For more than a century, the whitening gracias al sacar has fascinated historians. Even while the documents remained elusive, scholars continually mentioned the potential to acquire Whiteness as a provocative marker of the historic differences between Anglo and Latin American treatments of race. Purchasing Whiteness explores the fascinating details of 40 cases of whitening petitions, tracking thousands of pages of ensuing conversations as petitioners, royal officials, and local elites disputed not only whether the state should grant full whiteness to deserving individuals, but whether selective prejudices against the castas should cease. Purchasing Whiteness contextualizes the history of the gracias al sacar within the broader framework of three centuries of mixed race efforts to end discrimination. It identifies those historic variables that structured the potential for mobility as Africans moved from slavery to freedom, mixed with Natives and Whites, and transformed later generations into vassals worthy of royal favor. By examining this history of pardo and mulatto mobility, the author provides striking insight into those uniquely characteristic and deeply embedded pathways through which the Hispanic world negotiated processes of inclusion and exclusion."--Publisher's description
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650		0	_aRacially mixed people _zSpain _xColonies _xHistory.
650		0	_aRace discrimination _zCaribbean Area _xHistory.
650		0	_aRace discrimination _zSpain _xColonies _xHistory.
650		0	_aRacially mixed people _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zCaribbean Area _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=933044&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell