Elites and identities.: A vision of Merida's society in the second half of the nineteenth century

In this paper the author sets out to analyze the different elements that influenced the conformation of the identity of the elite that dominated Merida's society, in Yucatan, during the second half of the nineteenth century. This elite was composed of Spaniards that established themselves in this city, and of Yucatecans of Spanish descent that were born there. Throughout this period, the members if this elite dominated that economy, politics and culture of Yucatan, a domination that lasted into the first decades of the twentieth century.