book chapter

Landlord and peasant in colonial Oaxaca

Stanford University Press • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1972 • Pages:

By: Taylor, William B..

Abstract

This document contains a study of land tenure patterns in the Valley of Oaxaca during the colonial period (ca. 1521-1810). Those portions of the book that pertain to Indians, both nobles and commoners, have been processed for the file while those chapters pertaining to Spanish landlords and missionaries have not been processed. The data for this study are drawn from land records, wills, judicial court records, and other colonial documents. The main topics covered in this study are land tenure and property rights, land disputes, and the land owning patterns of caciques and commoners. It is Taylor's conclusion that Oaxaca Indians retained much of their land holdings throughout the colonial period and were not engulfed by expanding Spanish haciendas as were the Indians in the northern parts of Mexico. Chapters contained in the document that have been processed for the Files are: Introduction; 1. The Setting; 2. Colonial Cacicazgos; 3. Pueblo and Peasant Lands; and, Conclusions.

HRAF PubDate

2019

Region

Middle America and the Caribbean

Sub Region

Central Mexico

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Historian

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1980

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1521-1810

Coverage Place

Valley of Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico

Notes

William B. Taylor

Bibliographic footnotes appear at the end of the text and have been indexed for OCM 113.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-278)

LCCN

70153819

LCSH

Zapotec Indians/Land tenure--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Land use--Mexico--Oaxaca Valley/Oaxaca Valley (Mexico)--Social conditions