Yannakakis, Y.P. 2003 . "Indios ladinos": Indigenous intermediaries and the negotiation of local rule in colonial Oaxaca, 1660--1769 (Mexico). Ph.D. Thesis; University of Pennsylvania 260 pp.

Notes: [Ph.D. Thesis; Nancy M. Farris, Advisor.] This study examines how indios ladinos (bicultural indigenous elites) in their role as political and legal intermediaries shaped the form of local rule in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca from 1660-1769. Ethno-historical analysis of legal, administrative, and ecclesiastical documentation and historical interpretation of colonial law yield the narrative and analysis of this project. During the period under study, rebellions in 1660, 1684, and 1700 gave expression to tensions created by a clash between the coercive and extractive political economy of the Sierra Norte-forced production of cochineal (red dye) and cotton textiles-and a longstanding tradition of local autonomy.