Daniel Nemser is an assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Michigan.

Nemser's work offers a theoretically complex and multifaceted argument that shows how the material and the ideological worked in conjunction to form colonial notions of race, especially those defining indigenous subjects. (Hispanic American Historical Review) Nemser's writing is strong and often inspired throughout . . . Overall, this book will provide deeply thought-provoking for scholars versed in the aforementioned fields, particularly those interested in Mexican history, the questions of Marx and Foucault's utility to postcolonial studies, the process of racialization, the relationships of ideas to the material world, and legacies of human concentration. Its arguments are sure to fuel discussion, especially about the nature of Mexican history and race, for years to come. (Revista Hispánica Moderna) Infrastructures of Race provides essential historical background for present-day interrogations of how infrastructures – from aged water pipes to search engine algorithms – reinforce persistent racial inequalities...Through Nemser's case studies, we can better apprehend the hundreds of years of oppression that have been built into our material lives. (New Book Network: Science, Technology, and Society) [Nemser makes] a valuable contribution to the field: to wit, race is not an idea, but a structure. (Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies) Nemser contributes a thoughtful exploration of colonialism’s legacies...this is an impressive work, one that would be especially fruitful for scholars situated at the intersections of biopolitics, race, and decolonial studies. [Nemser] leverages themes of space and structure to bring light to a unique understanding of racial subjectivities during the colonial encounter and into the present. (New Political Science) [A] groundbreaking and beautifully written monograph...historians, anthropologists, and cultural studies scholars will find in this book a welcome and provocative approach to studies of race in colonial Latin America in particular, but one that can and should be considered in other colonial contexts as well. (Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies)

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Before the CampChapter 1. Congregation: Urbanization and the Construction of the IndianChapter 2. Enclosure: The Architecture of Mestizo ConversionChapter 3. Segregation: Sovereignty, Economy, and the Problem with MixtureChapter 4. Collection: Imperial Botany and Racialized LifeEpilogue. Primitive RacializationNotesBibliographyIndex

Daniel Nemser is an assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Michigan.

Nemser's work offers a theoretically complex and multifaceted argument that shows how the material and the ideological worked in conjunction to form colonial notions of race, especially those defining indigenous subjects. (Hispanic American Historical Review) Nemser's writing is strong and often inspired throughout . . . Overall, this book will provide deeply thought-provoking for scholars versed in the aforementioned fields, particularly those interested in Mexican history, the questions of Marx and Foucault's utility to postcolonial studies, the process of racialization, the relationships of ideas to the material world, and legacies of human concentration. Its arguments are sure to fuel discussion, especially about the nature of Mexican history and race, for years to come. (Revista Hispánica Moderna) Infrastructures of Race provides essential historical background for present-day interrogations of how infrastructures – from aged water pipes to search engine algorithms – reinforce persistent racial inequalities...Through Nemser's case studies, we can better apprehend the hundreds of years of oppression that have been built into our material lives. (New Book Network: Science, Technology, and Society) [Nemser makes] a valuable contribution to the field: to wit, race is not an idea, but a structure. (Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies) Nemser contributes a thoughtful exploration of colonialism’s legacies...this is an impressive work, one that would be especially fruitful for scholars situated at the intersections of biopolitics, race, and decolonial studies. [Nemser] leverages themes of space and structure to bring light to a unique understanding of racial subjectivities during the colonial encounter and into the present. (New Political Science) [A] groundbreaking and beautifully written monograph...historians, anthropologists, and cultural studies scholars will find in this book a welcome and provocative approach to studies of race in colonial Latin America in particular, but one that can and should be considered in other colonial contexts as well. (Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies)

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Before the CampChapter 1. Congregation: Urbanization and the Construction of the IndianChapter 2. Enclosure: The Architecture of Mestizo ConversionChapter 3. Segregation: Sovereignty, Economy, and the Problem with MixtureChapter 4. Collection: Imperial Botany and Racialized LifeEpilogue. Primitive RacializationNotesBibliographyIndex

Daniel Nemser is an assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Michigan.

Nemser's work offers a theoretically complex and multifaceted argument that shows how the material and the ideological worked in conjunction to form colonial notions of race, especially those defining indigenous subjects. (Hispanic American Historical Review) Nemser's writing is strong and often inspired throughout . . . Overall, this book will provide deeply thought-provoking for scholars versed in the aforementioned fields, particularly those interested in Mexican history, the questions of Marx and Foucault's utility to postcolonial studies, the process of racialization, the relationships of ideas to the material world, and legacies of human concentration. Its arguments are sure to fuel discussion, especially about the nature of Mexican history and race, for years to come. (Revista Hispánica Moderna) Infrastructures of Race provides essential historical background for present-day interrogations of how infrastructures – from aged water pipes to search engine algorithms – reinforce persistent racial inequalities...Through Nemser's case studies, we can better apprehend the hundreds of years of oppression that have been built into our material lives. (New Book Network: Science, Technology, and Society) [Nemser makes] a valuable contribution to the field: to wit, race is not an idea, but a structure. (Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies) Nemser contributes a thoughtful exploration of colonialism’s legacies...this is an impressive work, one that would be especially fruitful for scholars situated at the intersections of biopolitics, race, and decolonial studies. [Nemser] leverages themes of space and structure to bring light to a unique understanding of racial subjectivities during the colonial encounter and into the present. (New Political Science) [A] groundbreaking and beautifully written monograph...historians, anthropologists, and cultural studies scholars will find in this book a welcome and provocative approach to studies of race in colonial Latin America in particular, but one that can and should be considered in other colonial contexts as well. (Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies)

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Before the CampChapter 1. Congregation: Urbanization and the Construction of the IndianChapter 2. Enclosure: The Architecture of Mestizo ConversionChapter 3. Segregation: Sovereignty, Economy, and the Problem with MixtureChapter 4. Collection: Imperial Botany and Racialized LifeEpilogue. Primitive RacializationNotesBibliographyIndex