Twinam, Ann,  1946- <br/><br/>
Purchasing whiteness :  pardos, mulattos, and the quest for social mobility in the Spanish Indies / 
Ann Twinam. 
 - Stanford, California :  Stanford University Press,  [2015] 
 - xvii, 534 p.:  map ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-489) and index. 
<br/><br/>Conclusions : a century of historiography -- Introductions : alternative approaches -- Interstices : seeking spaces for mobility -- Connections : genealogical mathematics -- Benchmarks : commoditizing whiteness, Cuba and Panama -- Balances : weighing the price of whiteness -- Exceptions : the Venezuelan cluster -- Opportunities : whitening, the first year 1795-1796 -- Dissentions and discords, 1796-1803 -- Denouements, 1803-1806 -- Recalibrations : the mystery consulta and the cortes, 1806-1810 -- Evolutions : vassals to citizens? -- Retrospectives : tidbits, chunks, and conclusions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804750929 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804750936 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014025471 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Racially mixed people--Colonies--History.--Spain<br/>Race discrimination--History.--Caribbean Area<br/>Race discrimination--Colonies--History.--Spain<br/>Racially mixed people--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--Caribbean Area<br/>Discriminación racial--Caribe (Región).
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Caribbean Area--Race relations--History.<br/>Spain--Colonies--Race relations.--America<br/>Caribe (Región)--Historia<br/>España--Colonias--Historia--Relaciones raciales.--América
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>200 F 2191  / T973p  2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>972.903