CONTENTS 



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Preface v 



List of abbreviations vi 



Introduction: the nineteenth-century tax registers. 1 



Colonial tribute and caste 3 



Republican taxation 1826-54 4 



The contribuci6n de Indigenas 5 



The contribuci6n general de castas 6 



Contribuci6n de predios e industria 7 



The contribuci6n de patentes 7 



The working figures 1795-1940 9 



Provincial caste totals (1826/54-1940) arranged 



by territorial units as of 1826/54 (table 2).. 9 

 Caste percentages by province (1826/54-1940) 

 arranged by territorial units as of 1826/54 



(table 3) 27 



The census of 1795. 30 



The census of 1836 31 



The census of 1850 34 



The census of 1862 35 



The census of 1876 35 



The census of 1940 36 



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The composition and distribution of the Peruvian 



people 1795-1940 36 



Caste majorities 37 



Distribution in 1795 38 



Distribution in 1826/54 40 



Distribution in 1876 40 



Distribution in 1940 43 



Caste percentages 43 



Percentages in 1795-1826/54 46 



Percentages in 1826-1854 46 



Percentages in 1826/54-1876 47 



Percentages in 1876-1940 47 



Percentages in 1795-1876 59 



Percentages in 1795-1940 59 



Conclusion 64 



Bibliography 66 



Index 69 



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