Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps Acknowledgments Introduction Part One 1. The Setting 2. Ancient Mexico 3. The Mexica-Aztecs 4. The Birth of New Spain, 1519-1530 Part Two 5. The Institutional Process 6. The Economy 7. Society 8. Women and the Family Part Three 9. Rationalization, Reform, and Reaction 10. The Process of Independence 11. A Rejected Legacy Bibliographical Essay Sources for Illustration Index

About the Author

Colin M. MacLachlan is Associate Professor of History at Tulane University; Jamie E. Rodriguez O. is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine.