Articulating space: The free-colored military establishment in colonial Mexico from the conquest to independence

Callaloo

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 150-171

  Vinson III, Ben ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449916608     PISSN: 01612492     EISSN: 10806512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cal.2004.0052     Document Type: Review

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