Tag: Robert Schwaller

  • In “Géneros de Gente in Early Colonial Mexico,” an ambitious rereading of colonial history, Robert C. Schwaller proposes using the Spanish term géneros de gente (types or categories of people) as part of a more nuanced perspective on what these categories of difference meant and how they evolved. His work revises our understanding of racial…

  • The Importance of Mestizos and Mulatos as Bilingual Intermediaries in Sixteenth-Century New Spain Ethnohistory Volume 59, Number 4 (2012) pages 713-738 DOI: 10.1215/00141801-1642725 Robert C. Schwaller, Assistant Professor of History University of Kansas One of the most interesting aspects of sixteenth-century Mexico is the predominance of native languages, Nahuatl in particular, among all members of…

  • “Mulata, Hija de Negro y India”: Afro-Indigenous Mulatos in Early Colonial Mexico Journal of Social History Volume 44, Number 3 (Spring 2011) pages 889-914 E-ISSN: 1527-1897; Print ISSN: 0022-4529 DOI: 10.1353/jsh.2011.0007 Robert C. Schwaller, Lecturer of History University of North Carolinia, Charlotte Since the fifteenth century, the term “mulato” has been used to describe individuals…