1. Introduction
pt. I. Structures and Continuities. 2. The Organization of Urban Space. The Urban Environment. The Commons, the Corregimiento and Rural Hinterland. 3. The Social Formation of Colonial Quito, 1534-1720. The Socio-racial Matrix, 1534-1600. Quito and the Textile Economy, 1600-1800. Economic Readjustment, 1690-1720. 4. Artisan and Confraternity: The Socio-economic Role of the Church. The Socio-economic Role of the Church. Annual Communion and Religious Compliance. Religious and Artisanal Forms of Association: The Smiths, Barbers, and Weavers
Conclusion: The Church and Social Hierarchy
pt. II. The Popular Dimension of Eighteenth-Century Fiscal Reform and Economic Change. 5. The Informal Economy: The Urban Marketplace and the Petty Traders. The Dual Economy: Preliminary Considerations. The Pulperias, the Petty Traders and the Urban Market (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries). Urban Commercial Activity and Economic Change in the Eighteenth Century.
6. Demographic Change and Social Structure. The Sources. Parish Demographics to 1780. Demographic Change After 1780. Urban Decline and Urban-Rural Contrasts. 7. Socio-racial Status and Mobility: The Declarations of Mestizo. Sources and Possibilities of the Declarations of Mestizo. Declarations of Mestizo Sought in Quito and the Audiencia of Quito, 1686-1800. The Language of Race: A Discussion of Socio-racial Terminology. Vile and Mechanical Offices Indians Dressed as Spaniards: The Urban Center as an Agent of Acculturation. A Parallel Life: The Ethnic Background of Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo
Conclusion: The Indian/White Dichotomy in Ethnic Classification. 8. Religious Riots and Civil Disturbances. Traditions of Popular Protest. The Barrios and Social Order: The Franciscan Disturbances and the Parish of San Roque, 1719-1765. The Impact of the Bourbon Reforms and the 1765 Rebellion. The Political Landscape After 1765: Reaction and Conspiracies. The Quito Revolts of 1809-1810
9. Conclusions.