Indigenous Mestizos
Subtitle: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991 (Latin America Otherwise)
Edition: New Ed edition
Series: Latin America otherwise
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 2000
Place of publication: Durham, Inglaterra
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780822324201
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Indigenous peoples; Social & cultural anthropology; Social history; 20th century; Latin America - South America; Ethnic Issues; Social conditions; Social Science; Political History; Sociology; Mestizos; Ethnic Studies - General; Anthropology/Ethnography; History, Latin American; Latin American Studies; Discrimination & Racism; Cuzco; Indians of South America; Mixed descent; Peru; Racism
First sentence: In 1912, when a team of professors and students from the University of Cuzco conducted an unofficial census of their city, they found it difficult to assign the residents an "accurate" racial identity.