Razas, clases sociales y vida política en el México colonial, 1610-1670

un libro de lectura casi obligatoria para quienes crean que la historia es algo más que un amontonamiento de datos y que el rigor científico es compatible con la voluntad de desmitificación y denuncia. Ángel viñas, El País.

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