Hugo G. Nutini is University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. He has authored and edited numerous articles and books, including The Mexican Aristocracy: An Expressive Ethnography, 1910–2000 and Social Stratification and Mobility in Central Veracruz.Barry L. Isaac is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cincinnati. With Nutini, he is the coauthor of Los Pueblos de Habla Nahuatl and was also the series editor of Research in Economic Anthropology from 1983 until 2000.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Historical Overview Chapter 1. Estates and Classes Chapter 2. Race and Ethnicity Chapter 3. Haciendas and Their Workers Part Two: The Postrevolutionary Period (1920-2000) Chapter 4. The Upper Classes: Aristocracy, Plutocracy, Political Class, and Prestige Upper-Middle Class Chapter 5. The Middle Classes Chapter 6. The Urban Lower Classes Chapter 7. The Indian-Mestizo Transition: From Ethnic Estates to Social Classes Chapter 8. Expression and Social Class Conclusion References Index

Hugo G. Nutini is University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. He has authored and edited numerous articles and books, including The Mexican Aristocracy: An Expressive Ethnography, 1910–2000 and Social Stratification and Mobility in Central Veracruz.Barry L. Isaac is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cincinnati. With Nutini, he is the coauthor of Los Pueblos de Habla Nahuatl and was also the series editor of Research in Economic Anthropology from 1983 until 2000.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Historical Overview Chapter 1. Estates and Classes Chapter 2. Race and Ethnicity Chapter 3. Haciendas and Their Workers Part Two: The Postrevolutionary Period (1920-2000) Chapter 4. The Upper Classes: Aristocracy, Plutocracy, Political Class, and Prestige Upper-Middle Class Chapter 5. The Middle Classes Chapter 6. The Urban Lower Classes Chapter 7. The Indian-Mestizo Transition: From Ethnic Estates to Social Classes Chapter 8. Expression and Social Class Conclusion References Index

Hugo G. Nutini is University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. He has authored and edited numerous articles and books, including The Mexican Aristocracy: An Expressive Ethnography, 1910–2000 and Social Stratification and Mobility in Central Veracruz.Barry L. Isaac is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cincinnati. With Nutini, he is the coauthor of Los Pueblos de Habla Nahuatl and was also the series editor of Research in Economic Anthropology from 1983 until 2000.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Historical Overview Chapter 1. Estates and Classes Chapter 2. Race and Ethnicity Chapter 3. Haciendas and Their Workers Part Two: The Postrevolutionary Period (1920-2000) Chapter 4. The Upper Classes: Aristocracy, Plutocracy, Political Class, and Prestige Upper-Middle Class Chapter 5. The Middle Classes Chapter 6. The Urban Lower Classes Chapter 7. The Indian-Mestizo Transition: From Ethnic Estates to Social Classes Chapter 8. Expression and Social Class Conclusion References Index