This dissertation is about the origins and the social, political and economic organization of
the Tarascans from the twelfth century to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The specific
ethnohistorical account of Tarascan prehispanic society is related to two broader questions:
the interpretations of prehispanic Mexico in general, and certain generalizations about the
economic organizations about the economic organization of precapitalistic societies. In this
sense, this research aims to achieve a convincing description of the Tarascans within the�…

This dissertation is about the origins and the social, political and economic organization of
the Tarascans from the twelfth century to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The specific
ethnohistorical account of Tarascan prehispanic society is related to two broader questions:
the interpretations of prehispanic Mexico in general, and certain generalizations about the
economic organizations about the economic organization of precapitalistic societies. In this
sense, this research aims to achieve a convincing description of the Tarascans within the�…