Finding Afro-Mexico : race and nation after the Revolution / Theodore W. Cohen.
"December 8, 2015, inaugurated a new period in Afro-Mexican history. For the first time since September 16, 1810, when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla declared Mexican independence from Spain, the federal government counted its African-descended population as such. According to the intercensal...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Afro-Latin America.
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| Summary: | "December 8, 2015, inaugurated a new period in Afro-Mexican history. For the first time since September 16, 1810, when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla declared Mexican independence from Spain, the federal government counted its African-descended population as such. According to the intercensal survey completed by the INEGI in March of that year, 1.4 million citizens identified themselves "in accordance with their culture, history, and traditions" as "Afro-Mexican or Afro-descendant." As 1.2% of the national populace, these numbers appeared small, particularly in comparison to the 25.7 million people who self-reported as indigenous, the only other ethnic group that the government chose to include"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108632430 1108632432 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108632430 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 06, 2020). |