The Spanish Legacy
1. The EconomyInternal: encomienda (entrust), repartimiento (share), hacienda (large landed-estates), debt-peonage (indentured servants) External: mercantilism, extractive, dependent
2. The Politicsmonarchy (absolute power), council of the Indies (America), vice-roy, Audencia Geo-political units (governships, captain-generals), cabildo, checks & balance: residencia & visitors
3. The SocietyReligion: Catholic (secular, regular orders) Family: extended based, superficially patriarchal, core matriarchal, "compadres" Female symbolism: Virgin de Guadalupe, Malintzin, la llorona Inferiority complex: men & women Social Structure: Peninsulares, Criollos, Mestizos, Indios
4. Closure: Centralistic mind-set, Cladio Veliz