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Del usufructo, de la posesión y de la propiedad: las composiciones de tierras en la Mixteca, Oaxaca
Of Usufruct, Possession, and Property. The Land Compositions in La Mixteca, Oaxaca

Author(s): Margarita Menegus Bornemann
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Studiów Iberyjskich i Iberoamerykańskich, Wydział Neofilologii, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Keywords: indigenous property; colonial period; compositions of lands; terrazgueros

Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes the new policy of composiciones in Oaxaca in the eighteenth century. This process, due to the presence of numerous cacicazgos, led to the founding of new towns. The new policy obligated all Indians to undergo this process, enabling them to have their own property title, separated from their caciques.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 193-208
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Spanish
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