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| CHAPTER XXXIV. | |
| SOCIETY. | |
| 1500-1800. | |
| Evolution of a Race — Typical Characteristics — Statistics of Population — Proportion and Distribution of Races — Causes for Decrease of Aborigines — Creole versus Spaniard — Jealousies and Impolitic Measures — Immigration, and Character of Arrivals — Status of Foreigners — Indian Policy and its Effect — Race Stigma — Negro Slavery — Condition of the Mixed Breeds — Beggars and Nobles — Nature and Extent of Diseases — Matlazahuatl, Smallpox, Vómito Prieto, and Famines — Doctors and Treatment — Hospitals and Asylums — Mourning and Cemeteries — Meat and Drink — Sumptuary Laws — National Dress — Love of Display — False Gloss — Women, Morals, and Marriage — The Home — Holiday Celebration — Coaches and Riders — Barbaric Sport — Gambling — The Drama — Social Reunions | 731 |
