Aztec Economic World - Merchants and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica

The first discussion of Aztec economy to include cross-cultural comparisons with other ancient and premodern societies around the world.

List of contents

1. Introduction to the Aztec economic world; 2. The structure of Mesoamerican economy; 3. The Mesoamerican marketplace; 4. Merchants, profit and the pre-Columbian world; 5. Often invisible: domestic entrepreneurs in Mesoamerican commerce; 6. The professional retail merchants; 7. Merchant communities and pochteca vanguard merchants; 8. The tools of the trade and the mechanics of commerce; 9. Conclusions.

About the author

Kenneth G. Hirth is Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on the origin and development of ranked and state-level societies in the New World. He is especially interested in political economy and how forms of resource control lead to the development of structural inequalities within society.

Summary

The Aztecs were a Stone Age urban society with one of the world's most sophisticated market economies. Understanding their economic structure greatly enhances our knowledge of non-western societies around the world. This is the first book to provide an updated and comprehensive view of the Aztec economy in thirty years.

Product details

• Authors: Kenn Hirth, Kenneth G Hirth, Kenneth G. Hirth, Kenneth G. (Pennsylvania State University) Hirth, Hirth Kenneth G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.2016
• EAN: 9781107142770
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14277-0
• No. of pages: 404
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Economic history, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, History of the Americas, The Americas, History of the Americas: pre-Columbian period, Pre-Columbian America, HISTORY / Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era